October 4 2015: Leading Indian  healthcare communication agency, Brandcare, has launched ‘Gettie-Fittie’, an interesting desktop add-on: It is a desk-oriented, light, chrome extension that can be downloaded on your computer system in a few seconds.
You get a constant companion cum personal monitor who notifies you in multiple ways to take breaks and helps you with several health tips which your lower back will just love. So, whether one is working from office or home, this character will pop up and remind all the “lazy chums” to take a break, walk around, meet colleagues, sip some coffee and encourage you like a tough task master.
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The procedure is simple. Just open the Chrome browser and download Gettie-Fittie. Now click on the icon on the right hand side of the tab. Finally, set hours and minutes as per your choice Gettie-Fittie will keep reminding you to take care of your heath with a combination of funny static and animated messages. Sample this one-liner: “Aren’t you tired of gazing at the screen? Go, move for a while you lazy chum!”
The idea behind this extension is to bring awareness among people who continue to live round the clock and work in front of computers, laptops and other electronic devices without really taking care of their health. Researches backed with case studies reveal that a sedentary lifestyle cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, and other serious ailments.