That the average adult spends 50 to 70 percent of their day sitting is no surprise to anyone who works in an office environment But few realize the health consequences they are suffering as a result of modernity's increasingly sedentary lifestyle or the effects it has had on society at large In Get Up! health expert James A Levine's original scientific research shows that today's chair-based world where we no longer use our bodies as they evolved to be used is having negative consequences on our health & is a leading cause of diabetes cancer & heart disease Over the decades humans have moved from a primarily active lifestyle to one that is largely sedentary & this change has reshaped every facet of our lives
- from social interaction to classroom design Levine shows how to throw off the shackles of inertia & reverse these negative trends through simple changes in our daily lives