Jason Lillis, PhD, is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a clinical psychologist at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center of The Miriam Hospital. He earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in health services research at Stanford University. Dr. Lillis is a leading researcher and an internationally recognized trainer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. He currently lives with his wife in Providence, RI.
It’s no secret that as a society we have become more and more sedentary over the past century. Wonderful advances in technology have steadily reduced our requirement to do things the old fashioned way–you know, like walk and carry stuff. I sit in front of a computer most of the day. More and more jobs require the same. This is part of the reason our collective waistlines are expanding. But there i