We sit too much. We sit and watch TV. We sit in our cars. And, we sit at work — at our desk, in meetings, on long commutes. To make matters worse, we sit and do small repetitive tasks — typing, texting, cradling the phone — just to name a few.

Now we're seeing that all this sitting and all these repetitive tasks are taking their toll.

What are they doing to us as individuals? Obesity. Back pain. Sore neck. Stiff knees. Numbness and tingling. Shortness of breath. Bad circulation. Strained eyesight. Low energy. Slow thinking. Stress! All of this translating into escalating rates of chronic disease and disability.

So, what does this mean for companies? Decreased productivity. Employee turnover. Absenteeism. Low morale. Skyrocketing health care costs.

We can no longer ignore escalating health care costs due to unhealthy lifestyles. Consider this:

• 18% of our GDP goes toward paying for health care costs.
• 75% of these costs are paying for the treatment of chronic disease.
• Employers are bearing the brunt of this, paying on average $7,426 per employee, adding up to $12.7 billion a year in total health care costs.
• "Repetitive strain injuries" - from all our repetitive tasks - now account for 64% of all illnesses and injuries on the job. This translates to a direct cost to employers of more than $20 billion a year and another $80 billion in indirect costs.

But there's a solution! Read more to find out.