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It's been a busy year at Wellness Works Hub, with an incredible range of wellness-related pieces from all across the web. Here are the top 10 pieces of the year (plus one for good luck!):
10+) Sitting is as Bad for You as Smoking: Dr. Michael Jensen, from the Mayo Clinic, told KDKA Radio that the average worker “spends over five hours and 40 minutes sitting at their job every day and a new study says it’s bad for your health, with some claiming the long-term effects of sitting can be as bad as smoking.”
10) Exercises You Can Do at Your Desk: A video demonstration.
9) America’s Fittest Cities: The American College of Sports Medicine published its annual fittest cities in the nation list.
8) The Dangers of Sitting Too Much: “Being inactive for long periods of time is not healthy. In fact, being inactive is associated with increases in chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis and some cancers.”
7) Train Your Brain to Prefer Healthy Food: A new brain scan study published in the Nutrition & Diabetes journal suggests that it is possible to reverse the addictive power of unhealthy food that is formed over the years and also increase preference for healthy food at the same time.
6) 4 Posture-Related Problems Caused at Work: The article lists four problems: bursitis, tendonitis, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome.
5) How to Design a Healthy Vending Machine: “You can help employees choose healthier snacks at work by controlling what is offered in the vending machine. Request that your vending machine company stock machines with healthier alternatives (you could also look into switching to a vendor who provides healthier options).”
4) Make Coffee Part of Your Wellness Plan: A study published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise found that subjects who took in caffeine before their workout burned 15 percent more calories for three hours post-workout.
3) 6 Desk Exercises to Keep in Shape at Work: To combat the adverse effects desk jobs have on our weight, back, wrists, eyes, neck, and muscles, and to make the most out of the workplace, these six discreet exercises will keep us active and in shape in between our work deadlines,” Medical Daily reports.
2) 11 Reasons You Don’t Want to Sit Too Long: The article lists 11 “adverse effects” on the body — ranging from low energy and compromised posture to back injuries and depression — that can occur from sitting at your desk for too long.
1) Stand Up!: “Sitting is the new smoking,”
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