March 05, 2006
Social Awkwardness Has Its Advantages [posted by Allah]
True story: I once convinced myself that the slight twitching I'd feel in my legs after sitting for hours in front of a computer was actually early onset of Lou Gehrig's disease. I lost some weight around the same time, which only confirmed my suspicions of systemic muscular atrophy.
In hindsight I'm pretty sure that I was wrong, based on the fact that I'm still alive. But as it turns out, the weight loss might have been no accident:
According to the results of an American experiment, the amount of small movements you make could be the difference between being fat and thin. Forget sweaty work-outs: fidgeting, cleaning, tapping your toes, walking – all these everyday things might be the secret of keeping off excess weight and staying fit....When exploring the reasons for obesity, scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota used sensors to minutely examine the movements of both lean and obese people. They found that, on average, the overweight people sat for 150 minutes more each day than their lean counterparts. Thinner people simply moved, walked and fidgeted more than obese ones.
Ain't no such thing as a fat spaz.
Posted by Allahpundit at March 5, 2006 12:08 AM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags:
