It's Official! Corechair Is Now Neat™ Certified

TORONTO - Aug. 5, 2016 - PRLog -- Canadian entrepreneur Patrick Harrison is pleased to announce that his state-of-the-art invention the CoreChair, is now NEAT™certified. The certification comes on the cusp of what the WHO (World Health Organization) is identifying as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality; an estimated 3.2 million deaths annually can be attributed to insufficient physical activity.Sedentary lifestyles have now become the norm, thanks to longer and busier work days that leave people tied to their desks, render them too tired to work out after work and/or with not enough time to engage in more balanced health and wellness practices throughout the day.

The CoreChair addresses the perils of prolonged sitting, with its unique postural support system and pivoting chair that focuses on the pelvis as the foundation, providing a balanced neutral sitting posture while allowing for fluid movement and pelvic rotation while you work. The movement stimulates circulation, engages and strengthens the core, stabilizes muscles, and promotes a healthy back. The adjustable resistance of the CoreChair provides you with the same benefits you might expect from an exercise ball in the gym.

NEAT™ stands forNon Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, developed and trademarked by Mayo Clinic. It refers to the energy a person burns while doing normal activities. Some NEAT™ activities can include vacuuming and gardening if you're at home, and walking meetings, desk stretches or even fidgeting while at the office.

The science behind NEAT™ shows a decrease in expenditure of human energy through lack of movement in daily life is a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic. Even minimal activity makes a difference. To obtain NEAT™ certification, a device must undergo an institutional review board experiment and show that specific criteria have been met. In this experiment, CoreChair increased caloric burn (metabolic demand) by 20% and not surprisingly with exercise, by 150%!

For a more detailed look at the CoreChair and its amazing health benefits, visit: www.corechair.com

To get moving at work, check out these amazing one minute CoreFit video's: www.corechair.com/corefit/

To talk to Patrick Harrison for interviews or commentary about the antidote to sitting disease; active sitting; or solutions to sedentary workplaces and lifestyles, please contact:

Rania Walker, PR & Media Relations | Front Door PR | rania@frontdoorpr.com | 416.258.8953

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ABOUT NEAT™ CERTIFICATION:

NEAT™-certified is a trademark of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and used under license. NEAT™ stands for Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. It was developed and trademarked by Mayo Clinic. It refers to the energy a person burns while doing normal activities including vacuuming and gardening if you're at home, and walking meetings, desk stretches or even fidgeting while at the office.

ABOUT CORECHAIR:

Our bodies aren't meant to stay seated, or standing, all day. CoreChair is a health and wellness active sitting solution and the antidote to sitting disease. Founded in 2007 by Patrick Harrison, a Kinesiologist and entrepreneur who received his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, CoreChair was launched after 8 years of research and design in 2015, and is now available across North America.  A Canadian innovation, CoreChair combines freedom of movement with optimal postural support.

CoreChair has been featured on CNN, CBC, CTV News at Noon, CHCH Morning Live, Newstalk 1010, Sirius XM's What She Said and Charles Adler Live, The Financial Post, Global Calgary's Weekend Morning, The Vancouver Sun, TrendHunter.com; CTV News, Rogers Television, Zoomer Magazine and Doctor's Health Press.   www.corechair.com   @corechair

ABOUT PATRICK HARRISON:

Patrick Harrison is the CEO and Founder of CoreChair Inc and CoreFit. With growing awareness of the health and business impacts of today's sedentary lifestyles at home and work, and seeing people replace their traditional office chairs with exercise balls as a solution, Patrick knew he could come up with a better alternative. Armed with a degree in Kinesiology specializing in sports medicine, and building on his previous success in designing specialized seating for persons dependent on wheelchairs for mobility, Patrick was inspired to develop an innovative seating solution for those who find themselves confined to a desk environment. With a passion for understanding what the sitting body needs, Patrick's mission is to move people to better health with a healthy, comfortable and stylish active sitting chair.