August | 2014 | Healthier U at SBU

The latest craze with fitness in the workplace. Photo from Tim Sanders article, Sitting is the New Smoking.

CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, Mo Rocca, reports on the growing concern for the office worker’s sedentary lifestyle. Is sitting the new smoking in regards to causes of elevated health risks and related diseases? The latest trend in wellness and increased productivity in the workplace seems to be walking and working behind a treadmill desk during office hours. Treadmill desks are the latest craze for fitness enthusiasts in the workplace. Instead of sitting behind a desk, folks are answering phone calls and returning emails as they walk at 2 mph on a treadmill with an attached desktop. Health and fitness experts report that exercise sends endorphins to the brain that stimulate thinking, collaborative engagement, and productivity. An office worker spends an average of 5 hours and 41 minutes a day sitting behind a desk without moving. British researchers say this adds up to 5 years of sedentary sludge with the health risks to an average office worker’s life. View the CBS Sunday Morning piece at http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/is-sitting-the-new-smoking .

I can tell you that a treadmill desk wouldn’t fit in my work area and is a bit over the top for most of us. I’d probably keep falling off. However, Walk on Wednesdays and Walk to Win kick off the 2014 fall season on Wed., Sept. 10 at noon. Bring your fitness shoes to work, form a team, and join this vibrant SBU Community of Walkers. See the SBU HealthierU website for more details ,locations, and registration. Let’s go SBU!

Comments? Suggestions? How do you keep moving at work?

Here’s the event that’s a perfect fit for our Healthier U community. Now you can take part in a 5K run/walk that contributes to your health and well-being while helping Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.

Known as the “Best Office Party of the Summer,” the evening begins with a 5K run/walk through local streets and ends inside Bethpage Ballpark for a celebration that includes music, food and fun. Registration (at www.corporatefunrun.com) is $40 per person, with 10 percent of that benefiting Stony Brook Children’s. Additional fundraising by teams or individuals (via http://corporatefunrun.stonybrookchildrensevents.org) will further support Stony Brook Children’s.

Run Fast. Raise More …Next steps:

1. Visit www.corporatefunrun.com

2. Click on the Long Island 5K Bethpage Ballpark / Join Team button.

3. Select Stony Brook University Healthier U team (or create your own team)

4. Register following the prompts

5. Then, visit http://corporatefunrun.stonybrookchildrensevents.org and raise even more for Stony Brook Children’s. You can solicit pledges from co-workers, family members and friends, or make your own donation.

All monies raised at the run/walk for Stony Brook Children’s will be matched, dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor to support the hospital’s new state-of-the-art building.

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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Is Sitting the New Smoking?

The Best Office Party of the Summer

Here’s the event that’s a perfect fit for our Healthier U community. Now you can take part in a 5K run/walk that contributes to your health and well-being while helping Stony Brook Children’s Hospital.

All monies raised at the run/walk for Stony Brook Children’s will be matched, dollar for dollar by an anonymous donor to support the hospital’s new state-of-the-art building.