Don't Sit!

Taking small breaks from sitting may help heart, metabolic health.
Bloomberg News (1/12, von Schaper) reports that "taking small breaks from sitting down such as standing for phone calls or walking to see colleagues may trim office workers' waistlines and help their heart and metabolic health," according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. Investigators "drew on data from almost 4,800 volunteers outfitted with devices that tracked their activity for seven days as part of the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey." The researchers found that "the more breaks people took, the smaller their waists and the lower the levels of a blood marker linked to inflammation."