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Science 28 January 2005:
Vol. 307. no. 5709, pp. 530 - 531
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108597
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Perspectives

PHYSIOLOGY:
A NEAT Way to Control Weight?

Eric Ravussin

Why do some people remain slimmer than others? The answer may be in the amount of time lean individuals spend fidgeting, standing and walking around compared with sitting still. As Ravussin explains in a Perspective, a followup study by Levine et al. now pinpoints sitting as an important culprit of weight gain. Just sitting for 2.5 hours less each day would result in an extra energy expenditure of 350 kcal/day, which the authors calculate could translate into preventing the gain of extra pounds.

The author is at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA. E-mail: ravusse{at}pbrc.edu

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
The Role of Free-Living Daily Walking in Human Weight Gain and Obesity.
J. A. Levine, S. K. McCrady, L. M. Lanningham-Foster, P. H. Kane, R. C. Foster, and C. U. Manohar (2008)
Diabetes 57, 548-554
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Neuroregulation of nonexercise activity thermogenesis and obesity resistance.
C. M. Kotz, J. A. Teske, and C. J. Billington (2008)
Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol 294, R699-R710
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Fidgeting and Obesity.
(2005)
Journal Watch Psychiatry 2005, 9
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Fidgeting and Obesity.
(2005)
Journal Watch Cardiology 2005, 6
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Fidgeting and Obesity.
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Journal Watch (General) 2005, 5
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