Monday, November 19, 2012

Computer Desk of the Week: A Treadmill Desk

This is a little less cool Computer Desk of the Week (CDotW), than a health and nerd level detail based desk.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/19/165293511/can-you-move-it-and-work-it-on-a-treadmill-desk

The pictures in article linked above come from SALO, http://www.salollc.com/, a company that participated in a study done my Mayo Clinic.


The Treadmill Desk was conceived by James A. Levine, M.D., Ph.D. a doctor with May Clinic,  Youtube presentation by Doctor Levine below.

Keyword or Key Terms:  Magic Underwear,  NEAT, Gruve




Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis  (NEAT) [Thermogenesis=body generating heat]

There are also, snippet from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenesis,
  • "Exercise-associated thermogenesis (EAT)"
  • "Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT)"
  • "Diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT)"


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