Taking breaks from sitting lowers blood pressure:
journals.lww.com
Participants used the e-health solution 5.5 ± 2.0 times/day in the first 3 months which reduced to 4.2 ± 2.5 times/day by the end of the study (P < 0.05).
-----
Non-sedentary activity as potentially lifesaving:
"If you simply convert sedentary TV time to active time, you could lose 50 pounds a year."
-----
More info about blood pressure:
"Stress can cause a steep rise in blood pressure. But when stress goes away, blood pressure returns to what it was before the stress."
www.cdc.gov
![journals.lww.com](https://images.journals.lww.com/joem/SocialThumb.00043764-201809000-00001.F1-1.jpeg)
Blood Pressure Response to Interrupting Workplace Sitting... : Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
ignificantly reduced from baseline for the first 9 months (1.0 to 3.4 mmHg; P < 0.01) while diastolic and mean arterial pressure decreased for the full 12-months (4 to 5 mmHg for diastolic pressure and 3.6 to 4.2 mmHg for MAP; all P < 0.01). Participants used the e-health solution...
![journals.lww.com](https://cdn.wolterskluwer.io/wk-logos/1.0.x/favicon.png)
Abstract
Objective:
To evaluate the blood pressure (BP) effects of a yearlong e-health solution designed to interrupt prolonged occupational sitting time.Methods:
BP data of 228 desk-based employees (45.1 ± 10.5 years) were analyzed at baseline, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.Results:
Systolic BP significantly reduced from baseline for the first 9 months (1.0 to 3.4 mmHg; P < 0.01) while diastolic and mean arterial pressure decreased for the full 12-months (4 to 5 mmHg for diastolic pressure and 3.6 to 4.2 mmHg for MAP; all P < 0.01).Participants used the e-health solution 5.5 ± 2.0 times/day in the first 3 months which reduced to 4.2 ± 2.5 times/day by the end of the study (P < 0.05).
Conclusions:
An e-health solution designed to increase non-exercise physical activity by interrupting sitting time in the workplace is feasible and produced long-term reductions in blood pressure.-----
Non-sedentary activity as potentially lifesaving:
How to drop pounds with all-day activities, not exercise
Q&A: How to drop pounds with all-day activities, not exercise By Nanci Hellmich USA TODAY Jan. 21, 2009 Many overweight people in the USA have "sitting disease" and would lose weight if they did more walking, standing and moving around during the day, says endocrinologist James Levine of the...
forum.psychlinks.ca
"If you simply convert sedentary TV time to active time, you could lose 50 pounds a year."
-----
More info about blood pressure:
"Stress can cause a steep rise in blood pressure. But when stress goes away, blood pressure returns to what it was before the stress."
![www.cdc.gov](https://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/images/nurse-taking-bp.jpg?_=09984)
Measure Your Blood Pressure | cdc.gov
Measuring your blood pressure regularly is the only way to know whether you have high blood pressure.
![www.cdc.gov](https://www.cdc.gov/TemplatePackage/4.0/assets/imgs/favicon-32x32.png)
![AHM2020_BP_Infographic.jpg](https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/images/AHM2020_BP_Infographic.jpg)