Treadmill workstation brings exercise to office, slowly
July 14, 2008, 12:10 pm
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/4787686/treadmill-workstation-brings-exercise-office-slowly

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The maker of a new product that combines a treadmill and computer workstation is banking on the notion that companies will invest in products like the "Walkstation" as a way of keeping health care costs down and improving overall fitness levels.

The device allows people to work on their computers while walking on a treadmill at a slow speed of up to three kilometers (two miles) per hour, enabling small amounts of movement that supporters say have the potential to reap big health benefits.

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The Walkstation was unveiled last year based on research from James Levine, a researcher at the Mayo Clinic, who contends that fitness can be improved through small, modest movements for people who are otherwise sedentary.

Levine argues that the Walkstation provides benefits through a process he calls "non-exercise activity thermogenesis" or NEAT, or incremental movements without strenuous exercise.

Levine's research indicates people who use the Walkstation can increase energy expenditure by 100 calories per hour when walking at a 1.6 kilometers (one mile) per hour, helping weight loss.

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So now we're not just wage slaves, but they've brought back the treadmill as well!

Should have made a song challenge thread, I suppose...