CBS News/ August 21, 2012, 2:05 PM

Get up! 6 ways to boost your health by sitting less

Do stuff in person

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Instead of emailing or calling a coworker, walk over to her desk. Stand in your colleague's office to discuss things, or suggest taking a walk to chat.

"Within two weeks, you could get addicted to walking and working," says James Levine, an obesity researcher at the Mayo Clinic.