I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It’s like, it’s really bad. It’s like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.
A. J. Jacobs Quotes
The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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| Birth: | 20th March, 1968 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist |
About
Jacobs was born in New York City to Jewish parents Arnold Jacobs Sr., a lawyer, and Ellen Kheel. He has one sister, Beryl Jacobs. Jacobs attended the Dalton School and studied philosophy at Brown University. He is married to Julie Schoenberg and has three sons: Jasper Kheel Jacobs and twins Zane and Lucas Jacobs. He is the editor at large for Esquire and previously worked for the Antioch Daily Ledger and Entertainment Weekly. Jacobs is a first cousin of the legal scholar Cass Sunstein.
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