Published On: June 25th, 2015|

The Huffington Post – Sadie Barr

“It seems that every week there is a different article claiming that our sedentary lifestyle is killing us. It may be a slow death, but rest assured your office chair, driver’s seat, and leather couch are all coming to get you. Your kitchen stools and patio furniture are likely in on it too — watch out…We all know we are in the midst of a childhood (and parental) obesity crisis, and we also know that we haven’t really moved the needle over the past decade. Part of the problem is that the interventions that work (which there aren’t many of) are not practical on a massive scale. We can’t put every kid through multi-year personalized health coaching, but we can let him or her do something they inherently want to do anyways — stand up and move.”(more)