Speedy Weight Loss

Have you ever noticed how the heat tends to bring out the not-so-best in people? I have, as recent as a subway ride earlier this week. Packed in like sardines in a tin can, I observed a car of New Yorkers impatiently grumble, jumble and let out sighs of misery, which if the collective train had a subtitle would have read, “Get me out. It’s @#$%* but, I opted for the yogin’s path instead practicing contentment. This was a long-awaited summer after all. I also began jotting down a list of things that help keep me keep me cool — in mind and body — amidst a hot mess of chaos.

…Despite heat, and even with the myriad of summer distractions.

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For better health, try standing up more, a new study suggests. Those who spend 11 or more hours a day sitting are 40 percent more likely to die over the next three years regardless of how physically active they are otherwise, researchers say. a generally well-received initiative that may be a future option for other offices. “Try ways to break up your sitting and add in more standing or walking where possible,” she suggested.

While the study uncovered an association between total sitting hours and death risk, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

The study was limited by the relatively short follow-up period of less than three years, experts said, which may have obscured undiagnosed health problems among participants that could have led to earlier death.

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Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN

10 a.m.–11 a.m. College of Medicine Research Bldg. Moss Auditorium, Room 1020 909 S. Wolcott Ave.

Dr. James Kirkland is the Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research and Director of the Mayo Clinic Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto and also trained at Johns Hopkins University, the National Institute on Aging, and Manchester University. His research focus is on aging and development of fat tissue, particularly on molecular mechanisms of fat cell progenitor dysfunction, metabolic disease, and development of cellular senescence with aging. H

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