Benefits
Student Benefits
Sit Less for just 30 minutes per day and changing posture can:
- Improve classroom behavior
- Increase concentration levels
- Improve academic grades
- Lower body mass index
- Reduce waist circumference
- Improve blood lipid profiles
- Increase vitamin D levels
- Research also suggests Sit Less classrooms are likely to be highly beneficial to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Hyperactivity Disorder
School Benefits
As schools want the best outcomes from their students.
So if they Sit Less:
- Academically the school profile will improve
- Better health and well-being for their students Teachers can encourage students to Sit Less thus increasing their activity levels without impacting the time to deliver their curriculum
- Classroom behavior improves with children being less restless during lessons
- Flexibility to arrange the desks for either individual or group lessons inside or outside
