Study: Hourly 5-Min Walks Boost Mood, Cut Fatigue at Work
Researchers found hourly five-minute walks improved mood and reduced fatigue, while the breaks did not hurt work performance in a two-week trial.
- A large study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that taking 5-minute walking breaks every hour offers the most feasible way to improve mood and reduce fatigue without hindering work productivity.
- With adults in wealthy countries spending roughly 11 to 12 hours sedentary daily, experts from the US noted that excessive sitting poses significant public health risks, including increased mortality and chronic conditions.
- Among 11,484 participants, researchers compared three walking schedules—30-minute, 60-minute, and two-hour intervals—finding that while 30-minute breaks yielded the greatest mood gains, they proved too disruptive to maintain consistently.
- Emily McGrath, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, welcomed the findings but cautioned that "simple additions of movement can improve overall health," though longer research is needed to confirm heart health impacts.
- Lead researcher Keith Diaz noted that "movement snacks" like walking meetings or pacing during phone calls can boost memory and executive function without stopping work, offering low-cost workplace wellness options.
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Hourly movement breaks effectively counter harms of prolonged sitting
Hourly movement breaks of just 5 minutes each seem to offer the best balance between feasibility and effectiveness for mitigating the health harms of prolonged sitting, suggests a large study carried out under real world conditions and published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
A 5-Minute Walk Every Hour May Help Ease Fatigue, Boost Mood During Sedentary Days
A short walk once an hour could meaningfully improve people's energy levels and mood, without wrecking their workday. The post A 5-Minute Walk Every Hour May Help Ease Fatigue, Boost Mood During Sedentary Days appeared first on StudyFinds.
A US study concludes that five-minute walks per hour raise the mood and alleviate exhaustion.
We sit too much, the secret is to move for at least 5 minutes every hour: these hourly pauses of movement seem to mitigate the damage of sedentaryness, suggests a broad study conducted by researchers at Columbia University in New York under conditions ... (ANSA)
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