The Charge is a tool for to get sedentary folks moving and for energetic folks to keep track of how much they moved.
The study's small size — 15 subjects got the walking treatment, while 20 took the Vitamin C supplements — may also limit the uptake of its findings by public health officials, who have struggled, with limited success, to get sedentary Americans off the couch.
From Couch to 5k is designed to get the sedentary into a pair of running shoes, a 13-part series with music and verbal encouragement tailored to the exercise programme.
"We taught parents how to get control of their sedentary lives, to change the environment so there is less access to TV and computer games," he said.
What, I'd like to know, will persuade the majority of Americans who remain sedentary to get off their duffs and give their bodies the workout they deserve?
A study published this month in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that programmed PDAs encouraged middle-aged and older Americans, a group that's known to be sedentary, to get moving.
One of the most overlooked benefits of drinking plenty of water every day is this: it forces those of us with sedentary jobs to get off our butts and take several extra trips to the bathroom.
But studies by Dr. Yancey and colleagues at U.C.L.A. showed, for example, that athlete-led exercise breaks in school, even via DVDs or CDs, could motivate otherwise sedentary youngsters to get moving and improve their fitness levels.
Reefs are more diverse than rainforests, and what land animal can compete with the beauty, intelligence and evolutionary success of dolphins and whales?" And on top of all that, snorkeling is a great way to get exercise on an otherwise sedentary vacation.
We want more kids outside, we want families outside, we want sedentary adults to get outside, we want elders to stay active outside.
Regardless of what job people have or how much they earn, there may still be ways to get more exercise and reduce sedentary time, said Hannah Arem, a researcher at the Milken Institute for Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., who wasn't involved in the study.
