{"id":15829,"date":"2021-03-30T12:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/get-up-and-move-its-good-for-you\/"},"modified":"2021-03-30T12:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:05:15","slug":"get-up-and-move-its-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/get-up-and-move-its-good-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Get up and move! It&#8217;s good for you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>Whether working remotely or sitting at an office desk, it is important to remain active during the workday. Exercise of any kind can provide a boost in energy for the remainder of the workday and keep you healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting for extended periods of time is associated with increased health risks, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Being active during the workday can also reduce stress and the symptoms it can cause.<\/p>\n<p>To stay active during your workday, consider the following tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stand up regularly.<\/li>\n<li>Re-engineer your work environment. If possible, periodically use a standing workstation.<\/li>\n<li>Take an active lunch break instead of eating at your workstation.<\/li>\n<li>Track your steps. You can motivate yourself to stay active by tracking your daily activity.<\/li>\n<li>Take small stretch breaks at your workstation to extend your spine and loosen tense muscles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The next time you have a work break, get up and get active!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Provided by our friends at Benetech.)<\/p>\n<p>Stay well,<\/p>\n<p>Clem<\/p>\n<p>Clem Campana<br \/>\nOperations Assistant<br \/>\nOffice of Human Resources<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:05:15 +0000 by\u00a0c.campana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Colleagues, Whether working remotely or sitting at an office desk, it is important to remain active during the workday.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}