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Get up every 30

Break the sitting every 30 minutes.

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How to use it

Sitting is fine; unbroken sitting isn't. Every 30 minutes at a desk: stand, walk to the water, ten squats or a dead hang.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

Breaking up sitting lowered glucose and insulin after meals (Dunstan et al. 2012) · hunter-gatherers sit as much but squat and get up often (Raichlen et al. 2020, 🟡).

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