A sedentary lifestyle is not as bad as it was thought
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In one British university, they found out that a sedentary lifestyle is not so harmful to health and can not be the cause of premature death, as was previously thought. But, nevertheless, experts warned that the minimum physical load is necessary.
Researchers from different countries have repeatedly warned that the sedentary lifestyle that most people lead today leads to serious diseases, in particular, diabetes, cardiovascular pathologies, liver obesity, and cancer. Especially there is a risk to the health of office workers, as they are forced to spend a long time sitting at the table and move very little around the office. Scientists note that it is not necessary to drink alcohol without measure to regenerate hepatic tissue, it is enough to work as a simple employee in the office.
In a recent study, a group of American scientists found that women with a sedentary lifestyle increased by 10% the risk of developing ovarian, breast, myeloma. According to the results of the research, even physical activity did not help reduce the likelihood of disease development, the same conclusions were drawn by another group of scientists who during the experiments confirmed that even daily 60-minute loads will not help reduce the likelihood of development of possible health problems.
Given all previous studies, the findings of the British look interesting. The disease research process, a group of scientists led by Richard Poulsford analyzed data on the health status of about 4,000 men and more than 1,400 women. All participants in the experiment were not relatively healthy, did not suffer from cardiovascular diseases. For 2 years (from 1997 to 1999, volunteers answered questions about their physical activity - how many hours per week they spend sitting (including work, watching TV, free time), how much they give to physical exercises. Which scientists only renewed their project in 2014. During this period 450 participants of the experiment died.
After the experts compared the statistics, the age of volunteers, socio-economic status, nutrition, bad habits, general health, they came to the conclusion that the sedentary lifestyle does not increase the risk of premature death, but on the condition that the person pays would have a minimum of time to exercise.
The results of the work of the Pulseford group were published in one of the scientific publications, the article noted that the researchers were able to refute the current ideas about the possible negative consequences of a sedentary lifestyle for health. According to experts, health problems can be associated with a decrease in motor activity, and not with the amount of time a person spends on a television. In any position, no matter standing or sitting, the health risk is higher the lower the energy consumption.
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