MOVE MORE SITE LESS - Move More Sit Less - …...sit, STAND, walk, STRETCH time to lose the chair! MYTH #5 I’m already active enough, I go to the gym everyday! movemoresitless.org.au

65% of respondents felt less productive

•and 87% felt more

tired & lethargic

FACT

The 2015 MMSL Survey showed that during long periods

of sitting...

movemoresitless.org.au

we want you to move more!sit, STAND, walk, STRETCH

MYTH #1

People are less productive

when they move about.


MYTH #2

If we’re not still, we’re not concentrating. FACT

Sitting for long periods reduces

mental focus.




Stand in meetings, when you talk on phone, ride or walk to the office,

to meetings, to the park...

FACT

Every little bit helps!



MYTH #3

“I would if I had sit/ stand options at

my office...”


FACT

Travel time for short trips (walking or on bikes) is faster

than driving! Especially when you think how

long it takes to park!!

MYTH #4

“It’s faster to drive.”




FACT

Studies show that regardless of regular exercise, prolonged sedentary periods

still pose major health threats.



time to lose the chair!

MYTH #5

I’m already active enough, I go to the

gym everyday!


FACT

Our bodies are designed to move!

We want you to MOVE more!


MYTH #6

People are now telling me to

stand all day?


MOVE MORE SIT LESS

SEDENTARY DANGERS


MOVE MORE SIT LESS

SEDENTARY LIVINGTHROUGH TIME


1598

1800’s

1820

1886

153CARS

PER 1000PEOPLE

1950

1955

1956

1970

1971

1973

1975

1982

2003

2004

2011

2014

Today

First known use of term “sedentary”// Sedere > “to sit”

Infectious diseases such as TB cause 57% of deaths; chronic disease causes 13%.Average working week – 60 hours usually manual labour.Children walk an average 2–3 miles to and from school.

Industrial revolution enables the chair to be manufactured to the masses. Previously chairs were only for the wealthy.

A bonus for the masses or not?

Birth of modern car by Karl Benz.

First research released linking long hours of sitting of UK bus drivers to coronary disease. (Morris JN, Crawford MD – UK)

Australians own 153 passenger vehicles per 1000 people.

Australians own 568 vehicles per 1000 people.

Australian Government doubles the recommended amount of physical activity for adults in National Physical Activity Guidelines and includes guidelines around sedentary behaviour for children.

Daily time spent watching content (not work related) across screen devices is 3.5 hours; 18.7 million televisions in Australia; 2.2 per household.

Australian adults sit an average 8.8 hours per day and children sit 7.5 hours per day.

60% of adults and 25% of children are overweight or obese.

90% of deaths from chronic disease; death from infectious disease is less than 1%.

Television introduced in Australia; 5% of Melbourne households have a TV; 1% in Sydney.

The term ‘Couch Potato’ first coined by underground comic book artist Robert Armstrong.

57.7% of children walk to school.

25.5% of children walk to school.

Australian Government releases the National Guidelines to Physical Activity in response to rising levels of obesity and sedentary behaviour.

Remote controls for TV introduced.

“Life. Be in it.” Campaign launched in Australia encouraging people to be more active.

Microbee (home PC) is released in Australia

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MOVE MORE SITE LESS - Move More Sit Less - …...sit, STAND, walk, STRETCH time to lose the chair! MYTH #5 I’m already active enough, I go to the gym everyday! movemoresitless.org.au