Sitting and Health Problems

Due to sitting all the day cut our life short.

Anyone with an office job can attest to that achy, crimpy, stir-crazy feeling of

being stuck sitting at your desk all day. According to the health expert research women found that those who are sedentary the longest during waking hours die earlier than those who are more active. In fact, women who logged 11 hours of sitting time had a 12% increase in premature mortality from causes such as cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease and cancer by 13, 27 and 21 percent respectively.

Sitting wreaks havoc on your health because, when your body stops moving that causes a decline in metabolic activity and chips away muscle mass, increases insulin resistance ( which can lead to diabetes) and over time can lead to obesity. Not to mention, it wrecks your posture. Sitting at a desk for eight hours-bathrooms and lunch breaks included- then sit on the subway for 20 minutes, sit to eat dinner and lie on the couch for a few hours. That can easily amount to 11 hours of sedentary

It is found that time.  It is found that the effects of constant sitting were not that different for super active people. Even those who hit the gym for an hours, even two. A day faced almost the same odds of premature death as those who did not work out.

Of course there is  not much you can do about a job that requires you to talk on the phone, type away at your keyboard or stay hunched over spreadsheets all day, but making small adjustments in your day can add up to big changes. For starters request stand up desk at work, specifically one that comes with a higher chair, so you can sit periodically and be at eye level with your computer. If your office does not allow it. You could always make your own stack books on your desk and rest  your computer on top.

One way to stop feeling guilty about taking breaks is to stop thinking of them as breaks think of them as being and as crucial as any other task.