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Sitting is bad for you
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
COR version: sitting for more than a couple hours at a time per day is hazardous for your health, and makes it more likely you'll have a heart attack. And exercise doesn't seem to nullify the bad effects of sitting.
| quote: | Many of us sit in front of a computer for eight hours a day, and then go home and head for the couch to surf the Web or watch television, exchanging one seat and screen for another. Even if we try to squeeze in an hour at the gym, is it enough to counteract all that motionless sitting?
A mounting body of evidence suggests not.
Increasingly, research is focusing not on how much exercise people get, but how much of their time is spent in sedentary activity, and the harm that does.
The latest findings, published this week in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology, indicate the amount of leisure time spent sitting in front of a screen can have such an overwhelming, seemingly irreparable impact on one’s health that physical activity doesn’t produce much benefit.
The study followed 4,512 middle-aged Scottish men for a little more than four years on average. It found that those who said they spent two or more leisure hours a day sitting in front of a screen were at double the risk of a heart attack or other cardiac event compared with those who watched less. Those who spent four or more hours of recreational time in front of a screen were 50 percent more likely to die of any cause. It didn’t matter whether the men were physically active for several hours a week — exercise didn’t mitigate the risk associated with the high amount of sedentary screen time. |
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Looks like all of us heavy computer users are doomed. |
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| kadomony |
| sitting causes cancer! |
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| wienerschnitzel |
| i guess it's a good thing my job keeps me on my toes all day.. |
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| Chris Crossland |
| quote: | | The study followed 4,512 middle-aged Scottish men |
Well there's your problem. |
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| igottaknow |
| thx for the info I'm going to start standing when I . |
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| Meat187 |
| I read the title as "ting causes cancer". Thank god, that would have been really... you know... . |
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| Joss Weatherby |
Kind of on the wall with this study, seems like there needs to be more research done, especially when making bold claims like "exercise does nothing".
Also, they mention leisure time, at least in the description JBJ posted, does that mean working and sitting in front of a screen is not the same?? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Also, they mention leisure time, at least in the description JBJ posted, does that mean working and sitting in front of a screen is not the same?? |
Why would it be different? |
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| igottaknow |
| What about ppl in wheel chairs? What should they do? |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Why would it be different? |
Because thats what the article continues to mention is "recreational" and "leisure" sitting time. |
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| Chris Crossland |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
What about ppl in wheel chairs? What should they do? |
Die because they're useless. |
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
thx for the info I'm going to start standing when I . |
i can't stop laughing |
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