Why:<\/strong> see below (PA=Physical Activity). The black line is sedentary time.<\/p>\n Sitting disease has become an independent risk factor for poor health outcomes. People who are active but sit all day have worse outcomes. Read about the evidence HERE<\/a>. Also, read the consensus statement and guidelines –\u00a0recently published in the BJSM – geared at sedentary office workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n What it\u2019s not:<\/strong> this is not about workouts, sports etc.., its about working activity into your average day. Sidney Crosby is not our hero. The guy\/gal who take the stairs while everybody else is escalating.<\/p>\n Who:<\/strong> An Olympian\/Doctor (@JaneSThornton<\/a>), a design agency (@pivoting<\/a>), a patient engagement star (@emily_Nicholas8<\/a>) and me (@docmikeevans<\/a>) (and friends..like you). We don\u2019t have any funding. We are just doing this to see if we can start to make a little social nudge towards more activity in our days. Kind of an experiment to see if we can start changing the culture of easy.<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> Launching this week and will summarize science about both sitting disease and challenges (i have arthritis, i am too tired, too busy, etc..)<\/p>\n Want more info? This less than 4 minute video explains the plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"sedentary](\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/files\/2015\/06\/sedentary-time.png\")
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