SixofNine
01-28-2005, 12:22 PM
There are couch potatoes, and there are couch potatoes:
The most detailed study ever conducted of mundane bodily movements found that obese people tend to be much less fidgety than lean people and spend at least two hours more each day just sitting still. The extra motion by lean people is enough to burn about 350 extra calories a day, which could add up to 10 to 30 pounds a year, the researchers found.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41897-2005Jan27.html
Getting up to get more ice cream probably doesn't count. :)
Brian
The most detailed study ever conducted of mundane bodily movements found that obese people tend to be much less fidgety than lean people and spend at least two hours more each day just sitting still. The extra motion by lean people is enough to burn about 350 extra calories a day, which could add up to 10 to 30 pounds a year, the researchers found.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41897-2005Jan27.html
Getting up to get more ice cream probably doesn't count. :)
Brian