{"id":15674,"date":"2015-03-06T07:05:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=15674"},"modified":"2015-03-05T18:17:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T00:17:59","slug":"friday-fun-piamo-staircases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/15674","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Piano Staircases &#038; Making Healthy Choices Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, how I wish we had one of these around here! A piano staircase was installed in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odenplan\" title=\"Odenplan entry in Wikipedia, with photo\" target=\"_blank\">Odenplan<\/a> plaza in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2009 as part of a competition to encourage healthy choices by making them more fun. 66% more people took the stairs instead of the escalator! Watch it in action:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15502060\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/15502060\">Piano Staircase &#8211; Odenplan, Stockholm<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/jthsbaa\">JTHS BAA<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reminds me of the floor keyboard in the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0094737\/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt\" title=\"Big at IMDb (Internet Movie Database)\" target=\"_blank\">Big<\/a>! That looked like a lot of fun, too. Similar efforts have taken place in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmuse.org\/10-amazing-piano-stairs-from-around-the-world\/\" title=\"link to \"10 amazing piano stairs from around the world\" at CMUSE.org\" target=\"_blank\">other locations<\/a>. For example, stairs at the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thatsmelbourne.com.au\/blog\/2014\/08\/13\/five-reasons-to-get-off-the-couch-this-winter\/\" title=\"link to blog entry with photo of decorated stairs at Southern Cross Station\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Cross Station in Melbourne<\/a>, Australia, were decorated like a spring garden scene during the winter in 2014. It&#8217;s all about making healthy choices more fun. Not a new idea, but one worth keeping in mind&#8211;and not just for kids!<\/p>\n<p>There are articles to back up the importance of fun, <em>e.g.<\/em>, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ohsonline.com\/Articles\/2011\/01\/01\/Encouraging-Wellness-for-Fun-and-Profit.aspx\" title=\"link to article online \"Encouraging wellness...\"\" target=\"_blank\">Encouraging wellness for fun &#038; profit<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Occupational Health &#038; Safety<\/em>, 2011, vol.80:no.1, p.21), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=s3h&#038;AN=97470024&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" title=\"UWW-only link to article \"The role of exergaming...\"\" target=\"_blank\">The role of exergaming in improving physical activity: A review<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Journal of Physical Activity &#038; Health<\/em>, 2014, vol.11:no.4, pp.864-870), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=eric&#038;AN=EJ871107&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" title=\"UWW-only link to article \"Motivators of and barriers to...\"\" target=\"_blank\">Motivators of and barriers to engaging in physical activity: Perspectives of low-income culturally diverse adolescents and adults<\/a>&#8221; (<em>American Journal of Health Education<\/em>, 2009, vol.40:no.3, pp.146-154), &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3628151\/\" title=\"link to article online \"Wellness Partners\"\" target=\"_blank\">Wellness partners: Design and evaluation of a web-based physical activity diary with social gaming features for adults<\/a>&#8221; (<em>JMIR research protocols<\/em>, 2013, vol.2:no.1, pp.e10), and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/libproxy.uww.edu:9443\/login?url=http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?direct=true&#038;AuthType=ip,uid&#038;db=a9h&#038;AN=43620494&#038;site=ehost-live&#038;scope=site\" title=\"UWW-only link to article Attitudes of Postmenopausal Women...\"\" target=\"_blank\">Attitudes of postmenopausal women toward interactive video dance for exercise<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Journal of Women&#8217;s Health<\/em>, 2009, vol.18:no.8, pp.1239-1243). But hey, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Simmons\" title=\"Richard Simmons entry in wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Simmons<\/a> already knew exercise needed to be fun, didn&#8217;t he, when he produced dance exercise videos like the <em>Sweatin&#8217; to the Oldies<\/em> series?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, how I wish we had one of these around here! 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