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15 08, 2013

Standing orders – The perils of sitting down

2017-04-26T12:35:08+00:00

Winston Churchill knew it. Ernest Hemingway knew it. Leonardo da Vinci knew it. Every trendy office from Silicon Valley to Scandinavia now knows it too: there is virtue in working standing up. And not merely standing. The trendiest offices of all have treadmill desks, which encourage people to walk while working. It sounds like a [...]

15 04, 2012

TV-watching and overconsumption of unhealthy snacks and soft drinks: a serious threat to young children’s health

2017-04-26T12:35:17+00:00

TV-watching at weekends and consuming too many unhealthy snacks and soft drinks are making pre-school children pile on the pounds, according to research conducted by scientists in ten European countries.   Obesity among European pre-schoolers is hitting record levels, with more than one in eight children overweight in northern Europe, rising to more than 25% [...]