Even if you’re active, extended sitting shortens life & erodes health

You’ve seen it here before, & now another study has confirmed:
“Prolonged sedentary time was independently associated with deleterious health outcomes regardless of physical activity.” — Annals of Internal Medicine

So, what can you do if your work, commute, blogging, social media, correspondence, tv watching, reading etc., etc, mean that you spend hours sitting?

● stand up & move around for 2 or 3 minutes every half hour when you are sitting for a longer period — includes work, tv, reading
● regular exercise is still important & valuable
● an activity tracker can help — mine is a Pebble smartwatch with the free Misfit app loaded — Pebble now available for $US99

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-sitting-health-20150119-story.html / sit long hours meetings phone calls keyboards time new research distills findings 47 studies sit long hours raise our average risk cancer cardiovascular disease type 2 diabetes early death meet recommended daily levels of exercise sitting for long periods boosts likelihood declining health worked out intensively 90 minutes risking life and limb latest research risk of poor health lower levels of physical activity engage in regular physical activity large proportion day sedentary activity 30% less likely to die of any cause little to no exercise long day of sitting vigorous workoutestimated to be 16% more likely to die of any cause participants seated prolonged sitting watch watched television at least five hours a day more than six study more than 11 hours sitting time studies long-sitting category sit sitting compensating effects of exercise study high levels of physical activity defined meeting physical activity guidelines moderately vigorous exercise moderately vigorous exercise amount of time spent sitting drive up health risks independently of other factors poor health linked to sedentary behavior smoking age obesity sitting contribute weight gain harmful obese research time spent sitting risk developing diabetes association strongest authors extrapolated from available research spend long hours in sedentary activity develop type 2 diabetes completely sedentary people regular exercisers researchers worked regular exercise mitigated risk likelihood of dying from cardiovascular disease long hours of sitting risk of cancers higher rates breast colon colorectal endometrial endothelial ovarian cancer Dr. David Alter senior scientist Toronto Rehabilitation Institute /