SITTING IS THE NEW SMOKING

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. People spend a lot of money to give themselves the most significant risk of lung cancer available, as well as increasing their risk of heart and lung disease, all while spending their retirement funds. Most people know that high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes are risks for heart and lung disease that need to be treated. But when I sat down to watch a basketball game with the University president, I was a little surprised to hear about the awareness he had of the risk of a sedentary lifestyle. What really amazed me was the catch phrase he had to describe the need for standing desks in the classroom; " Sitting is the new smoking". I wish I had come up with that!