Jump Around
by: Andrea J. Stewart
“You burn less calories watching TV than when you’re asleep,” Dr. Michael Fine said. Nielsen Media Research estimates that average Americans watch four-and-a-half hours of television a day. That means at the end of the week they have spent over 30 hours sitting in front of their TV sets. And television, Fine noted, is geared towards 18- to 30-year-olds . 
The Internet is also making people less active. “It keeps them from getting out and actually moving,” said holistic health counselor Christi Lehner-Collins. “People are sitting all the time and they’re not getting out and exercising.”
Lehner-Collins recommends a varied fitness routine to avoid becoming “a zombie on a StairMaster.” She urges her clients to ask themselves, “What are you doing to move, and breath and sweat that makes you feel great?”
The Surgeon General recommends that adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day. This can be in either a 30- minute block, or three 10- minute spurts because the benefit is the same: a stronger heart.
Art by: Andrea J. Stewart