Items Tagged ‘standing versus sitting’
February 9, 2018
Standing for 6 Hours Burns an Extra 54 Calories
New York Times by Nicholas Bakalar For the study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, researchers pooled data from 46 studies involving 1,184 people. Ten of the studies were randomized trials. The average age of participants was 33, and 60 percent were men…“The benefit is modest,” said the lead author, Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, […]
Tags: Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, New York Times, standing versus sitting, thermogenesis, weight loss
February 2, 2018
This is how many pounds you can lose in a year by standing for six hours a day instead of sitting
Los Angeles Times by Melissa Healy This isn’t rocket science. These are simple calculations of thermogenesis that remind Americans why they should stand more and sit less, said Mayo Clinic cardiologist Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, the senior author of the new analysis. The research, which distills the findings of 46 studies with a combined enrollment of 1,184 […]
Tags: Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Los Angeles Times, standing versus sitting, thermogenesis, weight loss