Gruve Background

Gruve Background

Beginning in 1995, Dr. James Levine, M.D., Ph.D. and his team at the Mayo Clinic started a research program that would become the most comprehensive, data-rich study of obesity ever undertaken.

By analyzing the links between activity, energy expenditure, and obesity over a 10-year time period, they discovered that basic daily activity – or NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) – is the single most important factor of maintaining healthy body weight.

But with our move toward becoming a largely sedentary society, NEAT activity has largely disappeared from our culture. Over time, more and more people have been “desk-sentenced,” sitting down to work, and sitting down to do almost everything else: getting from one place to another, spending evenings at home, even visiting with friends and family.

All of this sitting has had a tremendous impact on obesity. However, according to Dr. Levine, combating the obesity epidemic could be as simple as adding a couple extra hours of NEAT movement to our lives every day: standing up regularly, walking around a little more, taking the stairs once in a while, even doing things like hand-washing our dishes or getting out to do yard work more often.

Dr. Levine has become so passionate about his findings that he has made it his life’s purpose to carry the message to the world. He co-founded Muve, Inc. to help him do just that. And the Gruve Solution™ is Muve’s key weight loss and weight management plan.

Visit the Mayo Clinic website to read more about Dr. Levine’s 10-year research study.