Prolonged sitting puts health at risk: Study

Simon Fraser University has come up with new research, adding further weight to the contention that delayed sitting might be dangerous to your health. A global review studying more than 100,000 people in 21 nations had found that individuals who sat for six to eight hours daily had a 12-13 per cent expanded risk for early demise and coronary illness, while the people who sat for over eight hours every day increased that to a sobering 20 per cent. "For those sitting over four hours per day, supplanting a half-hour of sitting with practice decreased the gamble by two per cent," Lear noted. The research found a specific relationship in lower-income nations, driving researchers to estimate that it could be because sitting in higher-income countries is typically associated with higher socioeconomic status and better-paying jobs Lear noted, "Clinicians ought to zero in on not so much sitting but rather more action as a minimal expense mediation can have tremendous advantages. He added saying, "our study found that a combination of sitting and inactivity accounted for 8.8 per cent of all deaths, which is close to the contribution of smoking.