A movement plan to fight sitting disease and premature aging
Science has proven that sitting too much is bad for your health, but
what can you do about it if you're stuck at your desk all day? "Designed
to Move" gives deskbound professionals a practical, easy-to-follow
movement plan to fight the debilitating and life-shortening effects of
sitting disease. Dr. Joan Vernikos, former director of NASA's Life
Sciences Division, draws on decades of scientific research on astronauts
to show readers how to use gravity-based movement to counteract the
effects of prolonged sitting and maintain lifelong good health.
Written for everyone who spends most of their lives sitting in chairs,
"Designed to Move" provides readers with a science-backed health program
that helps people stay healthy while at work. Expanding upon her
groundbreaking previous book, "Sitting Kills, Moving Heals," Dr.
Vernikos shows how developing simple new lifestyle habits at the office
can reverse the symptoms of sitting disease and even aging itself, and
lead to a life of bountiful health.