Fidgeting

While reading Ultra Metabolism by Mark Hyman, I discovered more information on fidgeting, also known as "interindividual variation in posture allocation."

In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services implemented a Small Steps campaign which provides a variety of ways to adjust your "posture allocation" or increase your fidgeting.

• Do sit-ups or any form of activity in front of the television.
• Walk during your lunch hour.
• Take a family walk after dinner.
• Get a dog and walk it.
• Get off the train or bus a stop early and walk.
• Bicycle to the store instead of driving.
• Wash your car by hand.
• Pace the sidelines at the children's athletic games.
• Play with your children thirty minutes a day.
• Walk briskly in the mall.
• Walk to a co-worker's desk instead of sending an email.
• Use a snow shovel instead of a snow blower.
  
• When walking, go up the hills instead of around them.