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Want to Live Long? Do Not Sit More Than 3 Hours!

July 13, 2012 By: Roberto Category: Health Tips

sitting too long dangersHow long do you spend time sitting in a day? Recent studies have found that sitting over three hours a day could potentially reduce life expectancy by two years. While watching television over two hours cuts chances of survival of 1.4 years. There are also limits on how long a child can watch television.

“Increasing sedentary behavior or lack of movement is a serious risk factor, as well as smoking and obesity,” says Peter Katzmarzyk, associate professor of epidemiology of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana, United States, according to Time. (more…)

Sitting Disease Can Cause Death

March 22, 2012 By: Michael Category: Disease and Conditions

sitting diseaseLifestyle changes nowadays makes the urban community do less physical activities. Exercise are rarely done routinely. Similarly, in the work environment, which is now supported with technological support.

With communication technology, human beings do not need to move from one place to another. Similarly, in long-distance communication. Work can be done without meeting in the boardroom, even without a paper. (more…)