{"id":189,"date":"2015-06-01T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/?p=189"},"modified":"2020-04-27T07:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T12:57:28","slug":"two-minute-walks-may-counter-the-harm-of-sitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/01\/two-minute-walks-may-counter-the-harm-of-sitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-minute Walks May Counter the Harm of Sitting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting for extended periods can contribute to health problems later in life, including heart disease and diabetes. However, research suggests that engaging in a low-intensity activity every hour, such as a two-minute walk, can help reverse the negative impacts of sitting for a long period of time.<br \/>\nHere are a couple ways you can fit those two-minute walks into your work day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The next time you need to speak to a coworker, considering walking to talk to him or her instead of using electronic messages.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of taking an elevator, walking up or down the stairs is an excellent way to get moving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The benefits of walking, or engaging in another low-intensity physical activity, are also additive. Every extra minute spent walking not only contributes to the health benefits, but it is also a minute that you didn\u2019t spend sitting. Even small amounts of physical activity can help improve your health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sitting for extended periods can contribute to health problems later in life, including heart disease and diabetes. However, research suggests that engaging in a low-intensity activity every hour, such as a two-minute walk, can help reverse the negative impacts of sitting for a long period of time. Here are a couple ways you can fit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flagshipinsuranceservices.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}