"elzinator" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:In today's Science issue:
A NEAT Way to Control Weight?
Eric RavussinWhy do some people remain slimmer than others? The answer may be in the
amount of time lean individuals spend fidgeting, standing and walking
around compared with sitting still. As Ravussin explains in a
Perspective, a followup study by Levine et al. now pinpoints sitting as
an important culprit of weight gain. Just sitting for 2.5 hours less
each day would result in an extra energy expenditure of 350 kcal/day,
which the authors calculate could translate into preventing the gain of
extra pounds.
Dunno about this Elzi - sitting is something you do accompanied by
activities as - watching T.V. - playing with your computer - reading -
eating - conversing - so if you were not 'sitting', what would you be doing?
I wonder if this study was government funded