Experts: Sitting will kill you[views:2804][posts:23]_______________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:34pm - Pires ""] 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. "After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals," Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucose and fat in the body start to shut down. Even for people who exercise, spending long stretches of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day — but still spend a lot of time sitting — might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single bout. That wasn't welcome news for Aytekin Can, 31, who works at a London financial company, and spends most of his days sitting in front of a computer. Several evenings a week, Can also teaches jiu jitsu, a Japanese martial art involving wrestling, and also does Thai boxing. "I'm sure there are some detrimental effects of staying still for too long, but I hope that being active when I can helps," he said. "I wouldn't want to think the sitting could be that dangerous." Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, independently of whether or not they exercised. "We don't have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad," said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, who led the Canadian study. "But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary behavior, the better." Figures from a U.S. survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars. Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects. "People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits," Ekblom-Bak said. "But when they're in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible," she said. "Don't just send your colleague an e-mail. Walk over and talk to him. Standing up." Link from yahoo.com |
| _________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:35pm - reimroc ""] I thought the only thing bad that can come from sitting were hemorrhoids. |
| __________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:36pm - brian_dc ""] I demand my desk be raised to standing level immediately. |
| __________________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:37pm - largefreakatzero ""] You can also get blood clots - people who fly a lot can crap right out from all that shite. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:39pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] death is symptom of life. stop living to avoid death. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:46pm - MikeofdecrepitudE ""] Great, terrific! I had to choose drums as my instrument of choice! |
| ________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:47pm - beelze ""] reimroc said:I thought the only thing bad that can come from sitting were hemorrhoids. :HAHAHA::HAHAHA::HAHAHA: |
| _____________________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:48pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] This isn't news. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 4:50pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Egregious Simpsons Quote on behalf of Yeti: "From the mightiest Pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit? |
| _________________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 6:38pm - DrewBlood@Work ""] welp, im fucked |
| _________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 6:40pm - martins ""] Sitting was invented by Big Chair to control our minds via our comfort. |
| ____________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 6:46pm - arilliusbm ""] I'll stand up to shit from now on. |
| ______________________________________ [Jan 20,2010 6:49pm - dertoxianli ""] I think that living is bad for your health. Just look at dead people. They dont ever get sick. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 21,2010 7:23am - Yeti ""] FuckIsMySignature said:death is symptom of life. stop living to avoid death. bingo. yet at the same time, don't live to expedite death. an article like this isn't news, just look at most office workers. they get out of bed, sit in th their car, sit at their desk, sit back in their car, sit in front of the tv, go to bed. every day. and they are fat, unhealthy, slovenly pigs. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 21,2010 7:23am - Yeti ""] Yeti said: FuckIsMySignature said:death is symptom of life. stop living to avoid death. bingo. yet at the same time, don't live to expedite death. an article like this isn't news, just look at most office workers. they get out of bed, sit in their car, sit at their desk, sit back in their car, sit in front of the tv, go to bed. every day. and they are fat, unhealthy, slovenly pigs. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 21,2010 7:24am - Yeti ""] oops, wrong button. |
| ______________________________ [Jan 21,2010 11:21am - pam ""] Whatever. Everything can kill you. My birth control gave me gall bladder disease. |
| _____________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 12:07pm - porphyria ""] What if my chair is ergonomic? lulz! |
| ____________________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 12:30pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] Yeti said: FuckIsMySignature said:death is symptom of life. stop living to avoid death. bingo. yet at the same time, don't live to expedite death. an article like this isn't news, just look at most office workers. they get out of bed, sit in th their car, sit at their desk, sit back in their car, sit in front of the tv, go to bed. every day. and they are fat, unhealthy, slovenly pigs. except for the musical aspect ... thats currently my life. :/ I did however decide to start going to the gym and eating better though. we'll see how long that lasts.. |
| ___________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 12:44pm - elihhcb ""] I didn't know the guy from rancid was a scientist |
| _____________________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 1:05pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] If I'm going to die from sitting, at least I'll be comfortable. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 1:06pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] you can always compromise with a good lean. leaning is very underrated IMO. |
| _____________________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 1:32pm - MarkFuckingRichards ""] Leaning is actually worse because it sets off your central balance, thus affecting your posture. Being human sucks. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jan 21,2010 1:37pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] yes i'd much rather be an Owlbear. |