Want to stay healthy? Please stand up. Experts have reported an alarming connect between sitting down and chronic disease.
So, if you have always been inactive and prefer to park yourself on a sofa for hours or just flop down into the office chair and stay there for eight hours, get moving. The butt-bound philosophy is causing a new epidemic that has been referred to as 'sitting disease' by researchers.
What studies have found
A recent study by Richard Rosenkranz, a Kansas State University researcher showed that compared to those who reported sitting four hours or less per day, those who sat for more than four hours per day were significantly more likely to report having a chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. Those sitting for at least six hours were significantly more likely to report having diabetes. The study is relevant to office workers sitting at desks and those sitting for long periods of time such as truck drivers, said the researcher. The study has been published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
According to another study last year, by reducing 'excessive sitting' to three hours a day, life expectancy could increase by two years.
Warning stats
-Chronic disease risk 6 per cent higher in men who reported sitting for between four and six hours a day, 10 per cent higher in men who reported sitting for between six and eight hours a day.
-Sitting between six to eight hours a day augmented the odds (15 per cent) of diabetes when matched with men who sat for less than four hours a day.
-Did you know? More than 70 per cent people spend six or more hours sitting a day.
So, if you have always been inactive and prefer to park yourself on a sofa for hours or just flop down into the office chair and stay there for eight hours, get moving. The butt-bound philosophy is causing a new epidemic that has been referred to as 'sitting disease' by researchers.
What studies have found
A recent study by Richard Rosenkranz, a Kansas State University researcher showed that compared to those who reported sitting four hours or less per day, those who sat for more than four hours per day were significantly more likely to report having a chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure. Those sitting for at least six hours were significantly more likely to report having diabetes. The study is relevant to office workers sitting at desks and those sitting for long periods of time such as truck drivers, said the researcher. The study has been published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
According to another study last year, by reducing 'excessive sitting' to three hours a day, life expectancy could increase by two years.
Warning stats
-Chronic disease risk 6 per cent higher in men who reported sitting for between four and six hours a day, 10 per cent higher in men who reported sitting for between six and eight hours a day.
-Sitting between six to eight hours a day augmented the odds (15 per cent) of diabetes when matched with men who sat for less than four hours a day.
-Did you know? More than 70 per cent people spend six or more hours sitting a day.
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