Sitting Down Too Long Is Bad Even If You Exercise

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @10:02PM 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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I'll stay in my sofa by Permutation+Citizen · 2010-01-19 22:15 · Score: 5, Funny

They can run any study they want, people get badly injured doing sports, not sitting on a sofa.
Re:Medical Advice from the Economic Times? by Xest · 2010-01-19 22:48 · Score: 5, Funny

That's quite impressive, it means that theoretically I should die before I finish typing out this respon
Re:Insurance? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-19 23:32 · 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.