Why the 5-minute walk break is so powerful

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Sitting all day isn't good for your health. Long stretches glued to a chair can increase the risk of heart disease and early death. Thankfully, new research shows that five minute walk breaks can be powerful in offsetting those risks.

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0:00.0	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:05.6	Hey everybody, Mary Elcigaro here.
0:08.4	As you may know, movement is really good for you.
0:11.8	Sitting for long stretches every day on the other hand,
0:15.0	a research shows that increases your risk
0:17.5	of heart disease and early death.
0:19.9	So, not great.
0:21.8	But the idea of staying in constant motion,
0:24.5	it's hard to imagine for a lot of people,
0:26.6	especially if your job requires you to stay in one place
0:29.3	or to be seated.
0:32.1	So, in a recent study, researchers set out to answer a question.
0:36.3	What is the least amount of movement needed
0:38.8	to offset the risks of sitting all the time?
0:41.7	NPR's Allison Aubrey reported on that study,
0:44.3	and she joins us for this episode of LifeKit.
0:46.9	Hey Allison.
0:47.8	Hey Mary Elcigaro, good to be here.
0:49.4	What are the risks of sitting all day?
0:51.7	You know, look, the reality is that some sitting
0:54.2	is inevitable and it's fine,
0:56.2	but a lot of sitting is really the problem
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