关于我们
StandUpKids provides education on the health risks associated with sedentary lifestyles and resources on why standing desks create an environment where children can become healthier and more active. The average U.S. student is sitting an average of 4.5 hours/day at school and (for kids ages 8-18) an additional 7 plus hours/day in front of a screen, regardless of socioeconomic status. Combine that with time spent doing homework, sitting at the dinner table, and driving to and from school, and our kids are spending nearly 85% of their waking hours in sedentary positions. The problem is so bad that medical experts now equate sitting with smoking, saying that sitting as little as two hours continuously increases risk for heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, back and neck pain (among other orthopedic problems) and will literally shorten your life, just like smoking. It turns out that tacking on regular exercise (soccer practice, gymnastics class, etc.) to an otherwise sedentary life doesn’t overcome the negative effects of too much sitting. Accordingly, we must create ways for children to be continually moving more throughout the day. At StandUpKids.org, we believe children’s sedentary behavior is a public health crisis and that children need to MOVE MORE and SIT LESS. Standing desks are a simple and elegant way to create a movement rich environment where children are more engaged and perform better academically, burn more calories, eliminate or minimize orthopedic problems and disease, feel happier, and just plain move more.
- 网站
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https://standupkids.org/
StandUp Kids的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 保健和健身
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2015
- 领域
- Childhood Obesity、Education和Health & Wellness