Walk more, sit less: Sitting for too long could increase your risk of dying
Are
you sitting
down? Then you may want to stand up to read this, as research from the
US has found that sitting for too long could increase your risk of dying – even if you exercise.
The
study found that both total sedentary time and sedentary duration were
associated with a higher risk
of death. The greatest risk was found in those who spent more than 12.5
hours a day being sedentary and when bouts persisted for longer than ten
minutes at a time.
But
before you rush out to buy a standing desk, it’s worth pointing out the
limitations to this study. For a start, all the 8,000 participants were aged 45
years and older – so may not be representative of other age groups. Also,
activity data was only collected for one week, so this might not be
representative of activity levels for the entire study (participants were
followed for four years). Read
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