What sitting all day does to your brain and body

Name: What sitting all day does to your brain and body
Uploaded: 2026-06-22T14:31:40Z
Duration: 11 min 23 s
Description: 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.

Keith Diaz |

TED2026

• April 2026

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.