# What sitting all day does to your brain and body

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2026
- Speaker: Keith Diaz
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/keith_diaz_what_sitting_all_day_does_to_your_brain_and_body)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [What sitting all day does to your brain and body](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/keith_diaz_what_sitting_all_day_does_to_your_brain_and_body/a0c86863bac6), 12 min (TED's player)