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Sitting Down Too Long Is Bad Even If You Exercise

Posted by kdawson on from the get-a-move-on dept.

Ant tips the week-old news that sitting down too much is not good for you, even if you are otherwise fit. A blog at the LA Times reports a followup from Swedish exercise experts: they propose "establishing a new way of thinking about sedentary behavior. They suggest abolishing 'sedentary behavior' as a synonym for not exercising. Instead, sedentary time should be defined as 'muscular inactivity' to distinguish it from not doing any exercise at all." These experts warn that the excessively sedentary are running serious health risks, irrespective of how much exercise they get when they're not plonked behind a desk or lying on a sofa.

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  1. My excuse by hedgemage · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't remember things when I'm standing. I think its because I keep all my thoughts in my lap and when I stand up, they fall on the floor and roll under the desk.

  2. I'll stay in my sofa by Permutation+Citizen · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can run any study they want, people get badly injured doing sports, not sitting on a sofa.

  3. What about smokers ? by f0rk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I go and take a smoke every 1-2h, and walk up and down 3 stories of stairs every time. Am i in risk ?
    I KNEW there were good sides of smoking !!

  4. Re:Medical Advice from the Economic Times? by Xest · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's quite impressive, it means that theoretically I should die before I finish typing out this respon

  5. Re:Insurance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The intense nightmares are what makes quitting smoking worthwhile. I don't crave cigarettes anymore, but damn do I miss my own personal holodeck.