Posted on 01/20/2010 9:48:08 AM PST by NormsRevenge
LONDON – Here's a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly.
Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number of hours it occurs.
Research is preliminary, but several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.
In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they define physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.
While health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum amounts of physical activity, they haven't suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.
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Tell that to my boss.
Oh brother.... I’m dead.
Uh oh!
I knew it.. I’m not gonna take this sitting down tho.. next time, I’m gonna stand at the bar instead of sit on the bar stool .
I have the perfect antidote...take your laptop and work out of bed!
Across the sea of cubicles around me: WE’RE DOOMED!
Sobering - I’ll have to sit down and think about this.
HA....I will NOT have any problems, then.....I’m one of those who could (and still) never sit still....my office is upstairs....I run up and down all day long....plus....I just CANNOT sit still for very long!
About 5 years ago there was a network broadcast of a ‘magazine’ type show (60 Minutes or 20/20) featuring an experiment which basically involved walking very very slowly on a treadmill while working at an elevated desk instead of sitting down. A male sales manager was given a treadmill that moved mere inches in a minute and the equipment was position over/in front of a desk with phone etc. The inching pace of the treadmill kept him on his feet and the blood circulating. He reported that he became accustomed to it and that he lost about 15-20 lbs with no other change to his diet etc. and that his blood pressure decreased.
Inspired by this, I mounted a monitor and keyboard over my treadmill and although I don’t work there like he did, for 8 hours a day, I can say that I feel better (less listless)after surfing there instead of at a desk. I also like to watch Hulu while treading but swooping camera moves can make me weave side to side.
Good thing I don’t care how long I live.
I’m screwed. I’ve sat at a computer 14 hours a day for the last 15 years.
It would be easier (and take far less time to type) if they just told us what we CAN do, at this point.
Can members of the Pajamas Media claim Workman’s Comp?
I Stand at my laptop on the kitchen counter ALL the time....and am never tired....and, oh, I’m 58! Sitting just makes people sluggish. I think there are studies out there already that prove standing is MUCH better for you.
Wouldn’t seated people be dropping dead?
I never seen one die.
The brains, the countenance, and the body...
Ted Kennedy reincarnated.
Not according to this sign:
They needed a study to fugure that out?
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