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rolonged sitting in not what nature in- tended for us,” states
Dr. Camellia Davtyan of the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program. She goes on to say the human body was designed to walk and until relatively recently, we walked a lot. Now Americans sit for more than half the time they are awake. Sitting puts the body into positions it was not designed to accom- modate and leads to an
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assortment of problems, including poor circulation, aches and pains, increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular events and death from cardiovascular causes, breast and colon cancer and death from all causes.
Sitting too much has been linked to
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cardiovascular disease. One study looked at adults with an average age of 65. The participants answered questions about their physical activity and their average sitting time. They then had CT scans to measure fat deposits. Participants who sat more had more fat in the area around their heart, which is linked with cardiovascular disease. This finding was found even in the
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people who exercised regularly. Physical activity and sitting are very different be- haviors and can affect health differently. Exercise does not counteract the harmful consequences of spending hours each day sitting. “Your body is designed to move,” says Marc Hamilton, Ph.D. at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. “Sitting for an extended period of time causes your body to shut down at the metabolic level.” Hamilton discovered that a key gene (LLP1) that helps prevent blood clotting and inflammation to keep the cardio vas- cular system healthy is suppressed when you sit for long periods of time. He says, “The shocker was that LLP1 was not im- pacted by exercise if the muscles were
inactive most of the day.” He continues, “Pretty scary to say the LPP1 is sensitive to sitting but resistant to exercise.” Another study compared adults who spent less than two hours a day in front of a TV or other screen entertainment with adults who spent more than four hours a day of recreational screen time. Adults who had more screen time had a nearly 50% increased risk of death from any cause and 125% increased risk of events linked to cardiovascular disease as chest pain (angina) or heart attack. These risk factors were separated from more tradi- tional factors as smoking and high blood pressure.
Sitting affects not only your physical
health but your mental health. A study conducted in Australia looked at almost 9000 women between the ages of 50 to 55. The women were asked questions about their physical activity, sitting time and feelings. The surveys were conducted in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. The re- searchers found that the women who sat more than seven hours a day had a 47%
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