Dr. Levine points out that the average American sits for 13 hours a day (21 hours sedentary if you count sleep!), our ancestors from even 100 years ago sat for about 3 hours a day.
He goes into detail on how sitting too much contributes to many health complications like overeating, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and several others
Dr. Levine covers how the human brain needs the body to move in order for it to function and develop optimally. That goes for adults as much as for kids.
The crux of his thesis is the concept of NEAT. Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, essentially the calories you burn from non-exercise movement. He’s found that lean people have 2 hours and 15 minutes more NEAT that an overweight person. In order to increase your NEAT you just need to be moving, it doesn’t have to be strenuous…
MOVE MORE
