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Even standing still can be a health booster

Simply standing still was associated a with lower risk for mortality in a recent study of nearly 6,000 men women ages 63 to 97 in the US. Although epidemiological studies can't prove cause and effect, the intervention would be easy to implement – i.e., encourage constituents to stand while watching TV, listening to music or even reading.

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