Apparently, I’m not doing enough of this:

“It was hard to believe at first,” said Marc Hamilton, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia and leader of the research team. He said the team didn’t expect to find a strong signal when they began researching what happens to fat when we remain seated. But the effect, both in laboratory animals and humans, turned out to be huge.

The solution, Hamilton said, is to stand up and “putter.”

Hey, but isn’t sex good, too?

Seriously, when I was at Rockwell (a decade and a half ago) I used to do a lot of MBWA (management by walking around). It was a big plant. These days, working from home, not so much. I’ve added an inch or two to my waist. I do stand a lot, schmoozing in the hallways, when I go to a conference, every couple months, but I also notice that it kills my back. I can walk for hours, but standing is miserable, at least at the end of the day.

What to do…?

Apparently, I’m not doing enough of this:

“It was hard to believe at first,” said Marc Hamilton, associate professor of biomedical sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia and leader of the research team. He said the team didn’t expect to find a strong signal when they began researching what happens to fat when we remain seated. But the effect, both in laboratory animals and humans, turned out to be huge.

The solution, Hamilton said, is to stand up and “putter.”

Hey, but isn’t sex good, too?

Seriously, when I was at Rockwell (a decade and a half ago) I used to do a lot of MBWA (management by walking around). It was a big plant. These days, working from home, not so much. I’ve added an inch or two to my waist. I do stand a lot, schmoozing in the hallways, when I go to a conference, every couple months, but I also notice that it kills my back. I can walk for hours, but standing is miserable, at least at the end of the day.

What to do…?

Randall Parker says eat more salmon (and nuts and eggs), and less bread. That’s not news, but there’s more confirming data for it, and too many people are still fataphobic, and don’t understand the dangers of high-glycemic carbs.

Oh, and if you’re a guy, try to have a high testosterone level, though it’s less clear how to do that dietarily…

As I wondered in comments over there, does this mean that one can get the benefit by artificially raising testosterone levels, or is the high level just a marker for something else that’s the actual cause?

John Tierney takes on Leon Kass.

Hey, if Kass wants to call me a “Scientist,” I’m OK with that. I’ll always take rationality over mysticism.

John Tierney takes on Leon Kass.

Hey, if Kass wants to call me a “Scientist,” I’m OK with that. I’ll always take rationality over mysticism.

John Tierney takes on Leon Kass.

Hey, if Kass wants to call me a “Scientist,” I’m OK with that. I’ll always take rationality over mysticism.

This post from Dr. Helen seems somehow relevant to this recent one by me, in terms of not bothering to read the whole paper (and in this case, not even necessarily understanding it, even if they did).

Listen to the IPCC, not Al Gore.

Brendon Loy has some thoughts.

Brendon Loy has some thoughts.