Dinesh John in the Press
Health: Schoolchildren get into stand-up act
Early research into sitting too much confirmed that being sedentary is bad for the body. Now, scientists are analyzing the best ways to break up the sitting habit, said Dinesh John, an assistant professor in the Health Sciences Department at Northeastern University in Boston. It’s not yet be shown how much people should stand or […]
Full-time workers should move for 2 hours during shifts
“Breaking sitting not just with standing, but movement, that’s the key piece,” says Dinesh John, assistant professor of health sciences at Northeastern University, who studies the effects of standing and treadmill desks. In his 2011 study of 12 office workers, he found nine months of using a treadmill desk helped decrease overweight and obese workers’ […]
