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What Sitting All Day Does to Your Brain and Body | Keith Diaz | TED

Can a five-minute walk change how you feel all day? Exercise scientist Keith Diaz shows how your body is built for the kind of movement that modern life has quietly erased — and suggests something refreshingly doable: making time for small doses of movement sprinkled throughout the day, as a way to boost your brain…

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Can a five-minute walk change how you feel all day? Exercise scientist Keith Diaz shows how your body is built for the kind of movement that modern life has quietly erased — and suggests something refreshingly doable: making time for small doses of movement sprinkled throughout the day, as a way to boost your brain and body. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 15, 2026)

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19 Comments

  1. @jahid3307

    June 29, 2026 at 11:06 am

    Please bangla translation add 😓

  2. @michaelsama716

    June 29, 2026 at 11:07 am

    Damn, first

  3. @jamiethrogmorton2540

    June 29, 2026 at 11:07 am

    Indeed, we’re living in the “Sedentary Error.” Beautiful Freudian slip.

    • @GooogleGoglee

      June 29, 2026 at 11:21 am

      @jamiethrogmorton2540 underrated comment

  4. @AdvantestInc

    June 29, 2026 at 11:15 am

    Curious whether the mood benefits people reported in the movement break experiment held up over longer stretches, or if the effect faded once the novelty wore off.

    • @brattybao

      June 29, 2026 at 4:08 pm

      I would be really interested in hearing more about this also.

  5. @stickman4087

    June 29, 2026 at 12:05 pm

    I’m the complete opposite i work in a restaurant where I’m moving nonstop all day, I’m lucky if i get 5 minutes to sit down

  6. @DanTumaMedia

    June 29, 2026 at 12:07 pm

    Jesus loves you.❤

  7. @Laboratório2000

    June 29, 2026 at 12:13 pm

    Great presentation!

  8. @harrypearle9781

    June 29, 2026 at 12:15 pm

    BODY ELECTRIC book by Manoush Zomorodi, is introduce by Keith Diaz
    ==========================================================
    (Can we motivate EXERCISE to EXORICSE laziness and procrastination? ) TNX

    • @harrypearle9781

      June 29, 2026 at 12:18 pm

      TNX MCH Keith

  9. @K4R3N

    June 29, 2026 at 12:22 pm

    9:20 26 years of IT work, I can’t do it anymore. My body is rejecting sedentary work style.

  10. @coach.shea.cummings

    June 29, 2026 at 2:18 pm

    What a fantastic presentation. This confirms my philosophy on movement… the bar is so low for what we can do to affect our health and wellness.

  11. @GeorgeOrwell-d2l

    June 29, 2026 at 5:02 pm

    Well I’m 54 now so . . . so let’s get on with it LOL !!!!

  12. @amblinalong

    June 29, 2026 at 6:53 pm

    Stephen Hawking made it ok. So are people in wheelchairs simply doomed?

  13. @toni4729

    June 29, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    You tell me how many athletes have lived longer than the rest of us. I bet you can’t. They don’t. Many of them suffer severe injuries as well. So what makes you, at your age, the expert? I’m 75 and have been sedentary my whole life. There’s nothing wrong with me.

    • @FionaGoode

      June 29, 2026 at 8:14 pm

      @toni4729 Athlets, in general, destroy their bodies. General medical advice denounces a sedentary lifestyle, but doesn’t recommend extreme athelet levels of exercise either. Moderation is key, and different people will have different needs anyway.

    • @toni4729

      June 29, 2026 at 9:17 pm

      @FionaGoode Yes, of course. I don’t see any of us living longer though.

  14. @toni4729

    June 29, 2026 at 7:04 pm

    Don’t consume sugar and your body creates only the glucose you require.

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