sitting will kill you. can mobile save us?
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A primer for conversation. This panel was submitted for SxSWi 2013. Read more, or vote at: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/2541 We all know the sad truth: the majority of working Americans are chained to their desks – namely, their computer screens – for eight hours per day and the “massive” obesity epidemic persists. Recent research suggests that sitting is killing people and the industry continues to debate the harmful health effects stemming from sedentary lifestyles, with many arguing that technology is only adding fuel to the fire. So if sitting is killing us, then can mobile save us? Forget fads such as standing desks, wearable pedometers and office pilates – the healthiest workplace is one where employees are actively mobile.TRANSCRIPT
Sitting will kill youCan mobile save us?
A primer for discussion at SxSWi 2013
Vote for this panel: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/2541
Really?....... Well, yeah “Every two hours spent just sitting reduces blood flow and lowers blood sugar, increasing
the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease”
James A. Levine, MD, PhDMore than 90,000 new cancer cases a year in the US may be due to physical
inactivity and prolonged periods of sitting
American Institute of Cancer Research“For people who sit most of the day, their risk of heart attack is about the same as smoking”
Martha Grogan, cardiologist, Mayo Clinic
Physical inactivity is now the fourth leading cause of death
around the world
World Health Organization
Sitting down for more than three hours a day can shave a person's life expectancy by
two years
STUDY: Sedentary behaviour and life expectancy in the USA: a cause-deleted life table analysis; Dr Peter T Katzmarzyk
http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/sitting-kills/
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How did this happen?!
http://www.juststand.org/tabid/674/language/en-US/default.aspx
Dr. Pam Peeke Expert, author, walks the talk@pampeekemd
Jane Sarasohn-KahnHealth Economist, fierce health blogger@healthythinker
Dr. Peter T. KatzmarzykHead researcher on a study about the dangers of our sedentary behavior
Sharon MandlerBelieves digital strategy will save the world@Saatchiwellness@sharonmandler
But there’s hopeAnd we’ll talk about the tools out there that can help cure the sitting disease and other issues related to the topic
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