Sit less and move more this February with #MoveUBC
With classes, papers and midterms, UBC knows it’s not easy to hit the gym every day. What can you do instead? Take long walks, try short sprints, bike instead of commuting – but most importantly, avoid sitting for long periods of time if you can.
Research has shown that moving more and sitting less can improve your mental and physical health, which helps you feel good and reduces the risk of many preventable diseases like cancer, diabetes and mental illness.
Find out why it’s important to start tackling the ‘sitting disease’ now, explore how you you can start moving more and stay committed to it with #MoveUBC this month! Learn more. move.ubc.ca
Check out all the events on both campuses that are designed to get you up and moving.
Here are some of the events taking place this month…
UBC Okanagan Campus
Healthy Measures Assessments – February 16, 2017
Functional Movement Screening – February 16, 2017
Wear Your Active Wear to Work Day – February 28, 2017
Find many more MoveUBC events taking place at UBC Okanagan at: http://www.move.ubc.ca/calendar/
For more information on the UBC Okanagan events please contact Corinne Muchowski-stone, corinne.muchowski-stone@ubc.ca
UBC Vancouver Campus
Free Lunchtime Yoga: Fridays at Noon
MoveUBC Speaker’s Series presented by the School of Kinesiology – February 28 at noon
Find many more MoveUBC events taking place at UBC Vancouver events at: http://www.move.ubc.ca/calendar/
For more information on the UBC Vancouver events please contact: physical.activity@ubc.ca.
Other UBC-V eventS
Diabetes Awareness Assessments: Attend this year’s UBC Travelling Health Fair, February 21-March 1
Online Assessments – All staff and faculty have access to UBC’s Virtual Health Fair & Online Assessment tools.