Three minutes of yoga every hour lowers a person's risk of diabetes.
Yoga can slash a person's risk of diabetes
Boffins have found that breaking up the day with 180 seconds of the practice per hour is good for those tied to their desks in the office or at home.
Yoga is seen as an effective method of slashing the chance of diabetes as it reduces blood sugar levels.
15 adults in their mid-20s were asked to sit down and imitate an eight-hour working day at a desk by a team at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Participants either did a yoga routine, tai chi or no activity at all and it was found that sugar in blood decreased by around 10 per cent following the quick-fire yoga break.
Writing in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, the experts said: "Breaking up sedentary behaviour using three-minute bouts of yoga significantly lowers blood glucose in healthy individuals without compromising concentration or wellbeing."