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Christian Brakenridge, Research Fellow, Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology

Walk while you work: are the extra steps on an under desk treadmill worth the cost?

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Recent surveys estimate more than 6.7 million Australians – almost half of all workers, and the majority in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra – work from home at least some of the time in paid or unpaid roles.

With that increase in working from home, it’s easy to spend too long sitting – which is now recognised as bad for our health. Many of us now know what it feels like to sit at a computer all day, then once finished with work, simply transfer across to the living room couch.

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