Get up and move – sitting kills!

I recently read this review published in May 2015 providing more evidence on the danger of prolonged sitting – worth a read if you have 10 minutes up your sleeve.

Here’s a few key points that I’ve taken from this and other studies that I’ve looked at about the effects of sitting/sedentary lifestyle on our health –

• When we sit we’re burning approximately 50% of the energy we would burn when standing
• Those who sit for longer tend to accumulate body fat more rapidly
• Higher risk of frailty in the elderly
• Higher risk of erectile dysfunction in men
• Association with high blood pressure
• Higher risk of depression
• Higher risk of a number of cancers
• Higher risk of cardiovascular disease
• Back and neck pain

Currently we sit for an average of 9.2 hours/day in the western world so your goal should be to to both decrease overall sitting time and break up bouts of prolonged sitting.

-Krisitn Lewis