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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!

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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Summary

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 Witty Funny Inspiring Self Development
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brilliant narrator really kept me listening really wel read ..and enjoyed the book too..opens your eyes to how we do sot more now a days

absolutely loved the narrator

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It's a must read. Even better, put on a pair of trainers and listen to it whilst walking.

Everyone should listen to it!

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one of my lifetime must reads, begs the question why this intel is not everywhere. clearly it's not good for the WEF (weforum.org) and it's buddies for everyone to be happy, healthy, strong, fulfilled and clever.

life changing, lifespan changing.

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Loved it insightful and simple everyone can take a point from this book and help them selves to a better and healthier way long living.

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Really enjoyed this, educational and very humorous. I feel an urge to stand and also... to raise snails :-) 5 out of 5

Great listen!

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