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Get Up!

Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It

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Get Up!

Written by: James A. Levine
Narrated by: Gildart Jackson, Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle De Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Richard Gilliland, Leigh Roche, Stefan Rudnicki
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From the codirector of the Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk comes a fascinating wake-up call about our sedentary lifestyle.

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 negativeconsequences on our health, and is a leading cause of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Over the decades, humans have moved from a primarily active lifestyle to one that is largely sedentary, and 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 and reverse these negative trends through simple changes in our daily lives.

©2014 James A. Levine (P)2014 Blackstone Audio Biological Sciences Exercise & Fitness Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Hygiene & Healthy Living Science Self Development
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First half of the book is very informative but rest of the book is just the author's story. But first half has enough information to say, it's a must listen.

First half is very informative

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I loved it.
It makes me more happy more addicted to being in motion. I hated sedentary life always but this book makes me kick the chair. I shall kick the chair ruthlessly.

Enhanced addiction to being in motion

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the book is a must read for everyone. loved the jokes and the information contained in this book

informative yet humorous

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This Book should be read by every human being living on this planet. Hats off to the tremendous efforts and research James Levine has done tirelessly on this subject.I am personally very grateful to him!

Best Book On Lifestyle Change!

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This book is excellent. The book, like many others, has one central theme - that we must get up and move. I like the emphasis of James Levine on a healthy, walking lifestyle.
I am not sure about putting standing desks and treadmill desks everywhere.

I like his idea of a classroom of the future, and the sarcastic use of the word, "Chairman."

An excellent book, one that should wake us up.

Superb

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