Give your butt a break with an ‘activity snack’

If you’ve been sitting too long, get up and move about for a couple of minutes to reset your metabolic clock. You can climb up and down a couple of flights of stairs for example. — TNS

Active workstations incorporating a walking pad, bike, stepper and/or standing desk are successful strategies for reducing sedentary time and improving mental cognition at work without reducing job performance, according to a Mayo Clinic study.

But you don’t need to spend money on new office equipment to achieve the benefits of an active workstation.