Sitting Disease

-INTEGRIS Health Presents - Sitting Disease How our sedentary lives are slowly killing us What is Sitting Disease? While you might not find "sitting disease" in a medical dictionary, it's certainly a recognizable phrase that has been coined by the scientific community. Sitting disease refers to the ill- effects of an overly sedentary lifestyle. Whether it's at home or at work, we are all prone to sit more during the day than we actually should. According to a 2008 Vanderbilt University study, the average American spends 7.7 hours per day in sedentary behaviors, such as sitting. Living a sedentary lifestyle has immediate and long-lasting effects on your health, including increased risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers (breast and colon). 50-70 percent of people spend at least 20-35 percent 6 hours a day sitting 67 percent of people spend at least four hours a day watching TV of U.S. office workers wish their employers offered adjustable desks so they could either stand or sit. SITTING DISEASE FACTS By reducing TV time to less than 2 hours a day, you are increasing your life expectancy by roughly By cutting your sitting time to less than three hours each day, you are increasing your life expectancy by roughly Sitting for more than six hours a day makes you 40 percent more likely to die 15 years 2 years 1.4 years earlier than someone who sits less than three hours, even if you work out. Sources : http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-blog/sitting-disease/bgp-20056238 http://www.lifefitness.com/blog/posis/five-really-scary-facts-about-sitting-disease.html hitp://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2012/october/new-study-finds-that-sitting-for-protracted-periods- increases-the-risk-of-diabetes-heart-disease-and-death hittp://www.juststand.org/tabid/674/language/en-us/default.aspx powersi by E Piktochart -I make information beautiful eX