While the decrease in daily energy expenditure in our working environments can explain, in part, the obesity epidemic, the other parts of our daily life are not without blame. At work we sit and move primarily just our fingers, so maybe it is a good idea to increase our daily energy expenditure via\u00a0our daily commute. Unfortunately, during the last 35 years the number of people who commute to work using their own physical energy\/power has decreased by half from 30% to approximately 15%.<\/p>\n
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While the decrease in daily energy expenditure in our working environments can explain, in part, the obesity epidemic, the other parts of our daily life are not without blame. At work we sit and move primarily just our fingers, so maybe it is a good idea to increase our daily energy expenditure via\u00a0our daily commute. Unfortunately, during the last 35…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1,32,27],"tags":[46,39,36,35,38,20,45,43],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behaviorchange","category-health","category-sedentarybehavior","category-weightmanagement","tag-change","tag-fitness","tag-inactivity","tag-journey","tag-physical-activity","tag-sitting","tag-societal-norms","tag-solutions"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n