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Get out of your chair - Just Stand
Just Stand is a new website designed to encourage people to reduce the amount of time they spend sitting. The site includes research, tools and some very entertaining videos designed to inspire people to reduce their sedentary behaviour.
So why should you stand more and sit less? Research has shown that:
- people who sit for long periods of time have an increased risk of disease (Articles in January 2010 issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine).
- the more people sit, the shorter their average life span. What’s more, the findings were independent of physical activity level such as with people who exercise outside of work (An American Cancer Society study of 120,000 adults published in the July 2010 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology).
- even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can compromise metabolic health (A 2010 study by the University of Queensland, Australia).