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We all know that physical activity is important for good health—regardless of your age, gender or body weight, living an active lifestyle can improve your quality of life and dramatically reduce your risk of death and disease. But even if you are meeting current physical activity guidelines by exercising for one hour per day (something few Americans manage on a consistent basis), that leaves 15 to 16 hours per day when you are not being active.
Can sitting too much kill you?
Seeded on Thu Jan 6, 2011 3:04 PM EST
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New evidence also suggests that in addition to the quantity of sedentary time, the quality of sedentary time may also have an important health impact. For example, Genevieve Healy and colleagues examined this issue in participants of the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) Study. A total of 168 men and women aged 30-87 years wore an accelerometer (an objective measure of bodily movement) during all waking hours for 7 consecutive days, which allowed the researchers to quantify the amount of time that participants spent being sedentary, as well as how frequently they interrupted these sedentary activities (e.g. standing, walking to the washroom, etc).
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#1 - Thu Jan 6, 2011 3:05 PM ESTWe have to sit for hours in office and car in jammed traffic and in front of computer or TV . We can't change this fact even by working out for an hour
But we can change the way we are sitting 'at least in front of computer'' when internet is budging or downloading something. I have a simple solution and I am doing it everyday . I don't sit still , I do simple training by moving arms and hands in spiral way then stretching them for minutes and moving trunk to the right and left for other minutes , this is good for the muscles of the belly and back and arms.
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Very good.. do you raise and lower your legs.. stretch out so you are pointing your toe.. then relax.. do like scissors with your legs.. out and then in.. so your knees touch then out and in .. what about just sitting in your chair and pretend you have a set a dumb bells other than some bosses.. and raise your arm as to flex slowly up.. then down slowly..
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This is good too , you can do any movement of your creation they all will activate blood circulation and improve muscular flexibility and avoid rigidity of joints , after all they improve your mood .
Sad that the young generation sit for long hours on games and internet and TV and eat junk food between meals at the same time , this is fatal. I remember in my teen age twenty years ago I was using the same hours in walking, hiking , dancing or just moving arround for errands
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Fada... the dog walks me about 8-9 times a day.. .. lost 8.5 pounds in two months doing this.. it is great exercise.. plus a lot of arm strength..lol
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Lucky you Par4TheCourse , working out with man's best friend is joyful. I wish if I can have a dog but I have three cats , they work out alone jumping arround all the time :)
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LoL .. yeah.. I had a cat for 18 years... I use to work out in the yard.. and he would follow me around.. weeding he would be right there.. planting he would help me out by leaving "gifts" ahead of time.. lol
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18 years is good life time , I had one cat who lived with me 20 years from school time and after I move out and marries had my two children two .
I wonder why they follow us all the time even if they are not hungry?
I have a ''doggy cat'' a Siamic one acting like a dog , he is finding thrown ball sand bringing them back and walking with me in safe neighbourhood and leaking and smelling stuffs like dogs - my daughter calld him 'Wrong' or 'half dog' . His photos are here in the bottom of this seed
http://drfade3000.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/14/1487937-lucky-kittens-have-got-two-moms
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Right. Now I am a Pediatrist , I was preparing to specialize in Medicine before I choose Perdiatrics . Kids and pets ? something in common :)
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I congratulate you on being a Doctor... totally an overwhelming profession
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Thanks , this is very nice of you
I'll send you invitition so I can follow your seeds
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