Opinion: How I used public radio to recruit 20,000 participants for a peer-reviewed study on walking breaks

A study co-led by NPR and Columbia University Medical Center's Keith Diaz recruited over 20,000 participants across 50 states to test the feasibility of short walking breaks every 30 minutes, hourly, or every two hours. The peer-reviewed findings were published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine and aimed to assess real-world applicability of movement breaks to counteract sedentary lifestyles.