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Your chair is killing you! A wake-up call to sedentary Americans.

This groundbreaking new medical work demonstrates how modern sedentary lifestyles contribute to poor health, obesity, and diabetes, and how health can be dramatically improved by continuous, low-intensity, movement that challenges the force of gravity. Citing her original NASA research…


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1 author picked Sitting Kills, Moving Heals as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Dr. Joan Vernikos, a brilliant scientist at N.A.S.A. who has worked extensively with some of the world's most famous astronauts, has undertaken a very important study about the deadly impact of spending too many hours seated at our desks. Although most healthcare professionals recommend hours and hours of intensive exercise, Dr. Vernikos has examined the tremendous long-term medical benefits of regular, light movement (non-intense exercise) throughout the day. This short, but brilliant, book could well become a veritable template of exercise and healthcare in decades to come.

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