Make Time + Break Time = Cancer Protection

I wanted to take another moment to speak about weight, particularly as it relates to obesity.  I received an e-mail update from the AICR (American Institute for Cancer Research), which I subscribe to, about the importance of limiting long periods of sedentary movement during the day.

Yes, exercise is important, but moving is also important.  I, too, tend to stay on the couch once I sit (on the search for a firmer, slightly less comfy couch!) - a work in progress - but I also think back when I was working a regular job and the sheer amount of sitting & typing that were involved day after day.  I remember just getting up to get water/coffee, go the bathroom, and saying "Hi" as an excuse to get up...and wake up.

So I encourage all of us to at least try to remember to get up and just go...move...do whatever!  Last semester, we had to create a mock intervention, and I'm reminded of my own - which I called "Get Up and Go...Together!"  So true.

Here is the graphic that the AICR included with more information here: