«§» 10 July 2012 Too much time sitting and watching TV is taking years off your life expectancy, a study says. Researchers arrived at the conclusion from the results of five studies that explored the effects on nearly 167,000 people of sitting and watching television.
Peter Katzmarzyk, the study’s lead author and a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., said “…the study doesn’t establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship between sitting, TV watching and death. But the evidence suggesting an association between shortened lives and sedentary activities, like TV watching and driving, is piling up”
There also seems to be something about sitting itself that is bad for one’s health. Studies in both animals and humans have found that sitting leads to changes in resting glucose levels and blood pressure, and that lots of sitting bumps up levels of certain biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
“The take-home message is clear: we may not know exactly why sitting is bad for you, but if you reduce the amount of time spent sitting, there are real health benefits,” the researchers said.
Katzmarzyk said since many people spend at least eight hours each day sitting at a computer, the workplace is an ideal place to start looking for ways to reform behavior. People can get up to talk to colleagues instead of emailing them, or spend a few minutes of their lunch breaks taking a short walk. And of course, a good place to start making changes is by squeezing the recommended 30 minutes of exercise into every day.
sophiebaby at 10-07-2012 01:12 PM (12 years ago) (f)
Quote from: franel on 10-07-2012 01:07 PM
«§» 10 July 2012 Too much time sitting and watching TV is taking years off your life expectancy, a study says. Researchers arrived at the conclusion from the results of five studies that explored the effects on nearly 167,000 people of sitting and watching television.
Peter Katzmarzyk, the study’s lead author and a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., said “…the study doesn’t establish a direct cause-and-effect relationship between sitting, TV watching and death. But the evidence suggesting an association between shortened lives and sedentary activities, like TV watching and driving, is piling up”
There also seems to be something about sitting itself that is bad for one’s health. Studies in both animals and humans have found that sitting leads to changes in resting glucose levels and blood pressure, and that lots of sitting bumps up levels of certain biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
“The take-home message is clear: we may not know exactly why sitting is bad for you, but if you reduce the amount of time spent sitting, there are real health benefits,” the researchers said.
Katzmarzyk said since many people spend at least eight hours each day sitting at a computer, the workplace is an ideal place to start looking for ways to reform behavior. People can get up to talk to colleagues instead of emailing them, or spend a few minutes of their lunch breaks taking a short walk. And of course, a good place to start making changes is by squeezing the recommended 30 minutes of exercise into every day. [/color] Source: http://www.channelstv.com/home/2012/07/10/the-more-you-sit-the-shorter-your-life-span-study/
GBAM!!!
but what if overtime follow for the launch break... make i go for break and walk, or forget my money
Life is 2short to wake up in the morning with regrets. LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS*SOPHIEBABY* :*
Posted: at 10-07-2012 01:12 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
ZION7ZION at 10-07-2012 07:53 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Well shaa, it depends on what you are watching on the Tv, if you are watching documentary on Bill gate, Donald Trump, Dangote etc, I doubt if it has any negative effect on human life,but watching Nigerian news at the moment ones life will reduce.
Posted: at 10-07-2012 07:53 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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