How does this impact the body to replace 30 minutes of sitting with an exercise?

Physical activity promotes growth and development from an early age, promotes rest in time, decreases the risk of chronic diseases and strengthens the bone system, among other benefits, besides it also creates team workspaces, games and, ultimately, a healthier life.

In order to obtain the substantial benefits of continuous practice, World Health Organization (WHO) It has minimum essential activity standards according to the age group: for adults, it recommends 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous practice.

In the case of children and adolescents from 5 to 17 years old, the recommended time is higher: the ideal is that the miners invest the minimum 60 minutes a day in physical activities of moderate to vigorous intensity.

On this basis, a study carried out by the American Cancer Society He concluded that replacing half an hour sitting in front of the television or reading while practicing physical activity during the same period is badociated with: a reduction of almost 50% of the premature mortality of the least active population.

An observational research on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention was published in the journal American Journal of Preventive Medicine and included 92,541 people. The experts badyzed the sedentary and activity levels of the participants throughout 14 years oldAnd evaluated the impact of adding 30 minutes of daily exercise in their lives.

The usual change in the less active (the range covers those who do up to 17 minutes of exercise per day) is considerable: it is badociated with a reduction in the 14% on the risk of death for those who have done light physical activity and the 45% for those who have followed a vigorous practice.

The difference was for those who remained more active, who exercised with a certain regularity and a moderate frequency, because although the relationship was also positive, the values ​​were reduced to a minimum. 6% in mortality among those who did half an hour of light activity, and 17% among those who did it vigorously.

Physical activity includes exercise as a concept, but also other activities that involve body movements and are performed as part of play, work, active transportation, domestic chores, and other activities. recreational activities. This type of activities they were not taken into account in the study.

The conclusion of the scientific work suggests that "the substitution of a modest sitting time for even light physical activity can potentially reduce the risk of premature death in less active adults".

The additional 30 minutes a day that the research aims at do not involve a major effort. Neither the amounts suggested by the WHO. However, including a dose of activity in the daily routine can be a hard habit to adopt, especially in less active populations, such as Argentina.

According to the data of Third national survey on risk factors, 1 out of every 2 Argentine does not perform the recommended minimum physical activity. The 2018 relay showed that the percentage of the country's population that does not adhere to medical recommendations and leads a sedentary life is equivalent to 54.9%.

Lack of time, laziness to go to the gym or complicated work schedules are some of the most common attacks against this attempt to thwart the intention to set the body in motion.

Pedro Horvat, psychiatrist and psychobadyst, considered in the dialogue with Infobae that this contempt for activity is the product of several problems: "First, a denial of the needs of health and the pbadage of time".

"I think this also has to do with the relationship that we have with the body, for many the body is a comfortable place, but for others it does not give the impression that 39, it's part of their life. " self esteem", said the specialist, and from another point of view, he left the door open to another possibility:"A child's life & # 39; is sought, delivered to relax, to pleasure, contrary to the sporting life ".

Finally, Horvat badyzed this "life in our society does not leave much room for physical activity. For the majority, this means rest and the rest is sitting, relaxed, watch TV, do not practice in a gym. "