Employees and managers have given standing desks the thumbs-up, saying they improve employee health, mental wellbeing and productivity when they are used to break up prolonged periods of sitting throughout the workday.
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Professor Stuart Biddle is an international go-to expert on all things relating to physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Not only has he been instrumental in our Move More Sit Less Campaign, he is also our Key Note Speaker at the Workplace Movement Evolution on November 23. Make sure you purchase your tickets to hear him talk about what has contributed to our sedentary workplaces, and what needs to change at a social and cultural level for sitting to no longer be our default position.
Here, he shares his thoughts on what has contributed to our workplaces becoming increasingly sedentary, and what changes we need to make so sitting is no longer our default position.
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Jacey, a marketing and events guru, has recently taken the plunge and set up her own business. She’s finding the new challenges exciting, but hadn’t considered the impact working at home would have on her movement and sitting behaviour: “After 30 years working in office environments, changing my routine has been exciting yet challenging. I’ve left an office that encourages movement – standing desks, walking meetings, taking phone calls while to a home office where I sit at my dining room table: a classic example of how the environment impacts our ability to move.
“I am part of an event that aims to engage employers to create a move more culture in their offices. The Workplace Movement Evolution is a 1-day conference where attendees will actively contribute to change while learning and discussing ideas, strategies and resources to improve employee health and increase productivity and focus through incidental movement in the office environment. This will be a movement based conference unlike any other. If you are passionate about moving more for better health we encourage you to join us at the Workplace Movement Evolution on November 23..
Bluearth is proud to be part of the Deakin University’s Transform-Us! Project.
Transform-Us! has a similar philosophy to Bluearth: delivering strategies inside and outside of the classroom to get students moving more and sitting less.
The Victorian Department of Education is looking to offer this program to all primary schools in Victoria. It’s a great opportunity to further expand your knowledge and repertoire of activities to add more physical activity to the school day, and reap the rewards for you and your students.
More information, including how to register your school’s interest, is available on the Deakin University website.
As the Federal Government develops a national sports plan, Bluearth and FARE argue that the plan must encourage participation in sports and physical activity, but also must ensure the removal of unhealthy sponsorship and advertising in sport.
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Be part of this unique movement forum that will change the way you think about moving more and sitting less in the workplace.
You will actively contribute to change for better employee health and wellness.
Purchase tickets before August 31 to take advantage of our early bird special.
November 23, Peninsula, Docklands, Victoria.
Children now spend up to 85% of their day sitting 1. Reducing sedentary time and increasing active time in helps develop lifelong, healthy habits, and reduces the risk of obesity and chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes, later in life. Research has also shown that breaking up traditional classroom time with regular movement activities increases students’ attention, concentration and academic performance.
In a bid to address increasing sedentary time in children, New Zealand researchers introduced a ‘dynamic classroom’ to an Auckland school. All desks and chairs were replaced with a combination of Swiss balls, height-appropriate standing desks, bean bags and mats for 22 weeks.
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Find out how to bust a good move at work, how Pokémon Go is encouraging more people to get off the couch and move, plus the latest results from our Workplace Survey.
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What could be done to make your city or community more liveable, more walkable? Do you have ideas to share, or would you like to learn about cities around the world who are leading the way in creating environments that encourage us all to move more and sit less?
Walk21 Hong Kong is the 17th annual conference on walking and liveable communities, and is open to anyone passionate about exploring ways to encourage more physical activity at a community level.
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Standing desks, stationary bikes, regular breaks outside – a school opening in the US in 2017 has a simple philosophy: to teach students to be well – physically, emotionally and socially.
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