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A new Australian study has worked out precisely how we should be spending each day for optimum health.
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Are you or an aging loved one starting to have trouble getting to your feet? There are ways to counteract that.
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The results underscore just how pervasive the consequences of sitting can be, and suggest that exercise by itself may not protect us.
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Sitting too much can boost stroke risk. But adding more movement—even low-effort activity such as doing household chores—may help lower tha
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Americans have become far more sedentary over the past two years, and that’s changing how we view what constitutes a workout.
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Australians sit on average for 10 hours a day, and this total is likely to have risen during the pandemic. Timely new research shows we need to move more for the sake of our mental health, too.
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Moderate exercise does different things to the body than incidental activities like standing up.
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In a new statement, the American Heart Association warns that exercise doesn’t seem to undo the health effects of excessive sitting.
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Sitting down can cause heart disease, diabetes and an overall higher risk of death, research from the American Heart Association suggests
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Spending too much leisure time sitting down increases a woman's risk of cancer - even among those who do plenty of exercise. - New Zealand Herald
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Workers should stand at their desks for at least an hour a day to prevent obesity and heart disease, according to a top public health expert.
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Don't take obesity sitting down. Stand up for yourself and make a change.
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SITTING down all day is one of the unhealthiest habits we have, increasing the risk of back, leg and heart problems as well as some cancers. Here a top physiotherapist explains what we're doing wrong and how to increase activity every day.
It's a fact. Sitting is one of the worse things you can do. We like to think that a good workout can reverse the effects of a day spent sitting at a desk or in front of the TV. But, research is showing that the sitting is actually reversing all our fitness and exercise efforts...and more completely.
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Prolonged sitting can dramatically increase the risk of various health issues, including heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer and other problems. Yet many Americans are opting to use standing desks at work in the hopes of preventing future medical problems.
"It doesn't matter if you go running every morning, or you're a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting - in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home - you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers and an early death. In other words, irrespective of whether you exercise vigorously, sitting for long periods is bad for you."
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Sitting too long isn't healthy."We're sitting ourselves to an early death," said Rob Danoff, a family physician in Pennsylvania and member of the American Osteopathic Association with a special interest in preventative medicine.
"We are a 'potato' society," he told AFP in a telephone interview "We sit most of the day, so we are work potatoes -- and then we go home and we are couch potatoes. That combination can be deadly."
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The evidence keeps mounting - even if you jog, swim or go to the gym, sitting for long periods can kill you, writes Linda McSweeny.
Good article. I like the idea of standing while speaking with clients. This is also interesting considering our children sit in school for basically 7 hours a day with very little time for physical activity.
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