Does your job force you to sit for one to two hours at a stretch without moving? Beware, it may raise the risk of dying early than people who sit cumulatively for the same time, but in shorter bouts, a study has warned.
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Findings:
- The findings showed that people with the greatest amount of sedentary time more than 13 hours per day.
- And who frequently had sedentary bouts of at least 60 to 90 consecutive minutes.
- Furthermore,had a nearly two-fold increase in death risk.
- Compared with those who had the least total sedentary time and the shortest sedentary bouts.
- Conversely, people who kept most of their sitting bouts to less than 30 minutes had the lowest risk of death.
- So if you have a job or lifestyle where you have to sit for prolonged periods of time.
- We suggest taking a movement break every half hour.
- This one behaviour change could reduce your risk of death.
- The study adds to the growing literature on how dangerous long periods of sitting are for our health.
- And underscores a growing awareness among clinicians and researchers that sitting really is the new smoking.
- For the study, the team used hip-mounted activity monitors to objectively measure inactivity during waking time over a period of seven days in 7,985 adults over age 45.
- We need creative ways to ensure that we not only cut back on the total amount we sit.
- but also increase regular interruptions to sitting with bursts of activity,Expert added.