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What Happens If I Don't Move Around During the Day?

What Happens If I Don't Move Around During the Day? (0:20)

Our bodies and brains just don't function at peak if we're sitting around all day. In this video, HealthMaker Jim Loehr, PhD, discusses the science behind this truth.

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By walking and moving, you're getting more oxygen to the cells, and the brain is a huge consumer of energy and it needs a lot of oxygen. By sitting for prolonged periods of time, you just, the brain stops working and pretty soon that becomes your new normal, and you don't really recognize you've lost a lot of ground.