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Here's a simple way to counter the ill-effects of a sedentary lifestyle

Here's a simple way to counter the ill-effects of a sedentary lifestyle
The next time you feel sleepy in office, just step outside your cubicle and walk up a flight of stairs. A recent study published in the journal Physiology and Behavior quotes a study which found that 10 minutes of walking up and down stairs at a regular pace was more likely to make participants feel energised than having 50 milligrams of caffeine.

Written by Agencies |Published : July 12, 2015 1:03 PM IST

Can't find time to workout in your busy schedule? Just take the stairs. Simple tasks such as taking stairs can make a big difference in the sedentary lifestyle that has increased the death rates due to health problems. Read: Climbing one step at a time burns more calories than leaping up several stairs!

But the question arises that whether pedestrians can be convinced to make healthy choices when an escalator seems so much faster and more convenient than a staircase? Giving a positive reply to the question, researchers reply that one has to make sure that the stairs are far away from the escalator, 100 percent farther away, in fact. Here's why climbing stairs is better than walking for weight loss.

The study examined the theory that separating stairways from escalators between pairs of origin and destination floors in a shopping center would increase the rate at which the stairways were used. By the end of the research, they found out that increasing the distance between a stairway and an escalator by 100 percent accounted for 71 percent of variance while going up and 21 per cent of variance while going down, which is 95 percent increase in stair use. Read: Stand for at least 2 hours a day at work to beat a sedentary lifestyle

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The study is published in the Journal Environment and Behaviour.

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