HOW MUCH SITTING DO YOU DO?
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Latest Breaking News - Health - Viewing: How Much Sitting Do You Do? Sunday, February 07, 2010 The explosion of people being overweight is a modern problem. Obesity statistics did not even exist 50 years ago. Before that time most people engaged in a sufficient amount of 'non-exercise' activity incidentally through the various activities of daily living such as routine chores, self care and light recreation. However, the increase of convenience foods, labor-saving devices and motorized transport means people are getting fatter. Figures now show that excess body fat is pandemic, with two thirds of the population being overweight or obese. The advancement in technology has created a greater number of sedentary jobs with 85 percent of the world's workforce now working seated. The amount of idle sitting time spent over the 16 hours period that people are awake each day has dramatically increased in recent years. The research and understanding of the effects of this on the human body is all very new. But with the rising tide of obesity and our increasingly seated world it is becoming a topic of great interest that has given birth to a new science called 'inactivity physiology' which is investigating the effects of sedentary time on our bodies. Already physiologists analyzing obesity, heart disease, and diabetes found that the act of sitting shuts down the circulation of a fat-absorbing enzyme called lipase. The big powerful muscles of the human body are located in our legs and back and are critical in burning of fat and energy. These muscles can total 20 pounds of fat burning tissue in each leg and when immobilized through sitting this enzyme is suppressed. When muscles are engaged and working it transports the distribution of lipase throughout the body. This prompts the body to process fat, cholesterol and use blood glucose which lowers the risk of the development of diabetes and heart disease. There are no two ways about it chair time is an insidious serious health hazard and people have not been told this. People who have prolonged periods of sitting have two to three times the rates of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. It is imperative that if you work seated that you in fact train your body to do this with a proper exercise program that can help offset some of the negative aspects of sitting. As the human body is 50 percent muscle tissue the more this can be worked with proper exercise like strength training the better as it will keep the metabolism (the body's engine) in better overall health. Forget low intensity activities that do not engage many muscles like walking, jogging or cycling these are not intense enough to offset the negative effects of sitting on the metabolism. You can do these things as well but only after you have fitted at least 2-3 proper exercise sessions each week of strength training. Make sure you get the help of a fitness professional to get your program set up properly so you can get the best possible start to fight against the negative aspects of sitting. It is not about your appearance, it is about your health and if you work seated it is very much at risk. Your proper exercise program is a preventative self care measure and will go a long way to offset this new modern threat of inactivity.
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