CQUni 'Tall Poppy' gets to flower on national radio
Published on 29 August, 2011
CQUniversity's own 'Young Tall Poppy' Dr Mitch Duncan recently featured on a panel of scientists during an ABC National Science Week event: Sedentary Living is Killing Us.
The event was broadcast live from Canberra's Menzies Theatre at the National Convention Centre, to an estimated audience of half a million listeners on ABC Radio National.
Dr Mitch Duncan (right) addresses 'Sedentary Living' on national radio
ABC promoted the mid-August event following statistics showing that, in today's tech-driven world, most of us are spending 10 hours a day in the sitting position, either all day at work, or when we get home on the coach. According to researchers, this prolonged sitting is literally killing us.
You can listen to the program via these ABC LINKS listen now | download audio or via the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS) website http://www.aips.net.au/news/grilling-the-sitting/ .
AIPS Executive Director Elektra Spathopoulos said Dr Duncan had done a 'great job' for the Tall Poppy Campaign nationally and in Queensland, with a "great reach achieved with your research through participating on the panel".
Dr Duncan is a member of CQUniversity's Institute for Health and Social Science Research (IHSSR).
You can also LINK to CQUni's Mitch Duncan among 10 'tall poppies'
