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People in office occupations were asked to do up to 40 minutes of physical activity per day to compensate for the health risks badociated with excessive sitting.
A study done by the University of Sydney revealed that it was important to have 20 to 40 minutes of daily physical activity a day for people sitting for more than six hours a day.
The research, released Tuesday, suggests that reducing sitting time is not enough to mitigate the risk of premature death and cardiovascular disease.
Professor Emmanuel Stamatakis said that people sitting for more than eight hours a day without physical activity have a 107% higher risk of cardiovascular death than those who do at least one hour of physical activity a day and sit four hours.
"Sitting time was consistently badociated with overall premature mortality and cardiovascular mortality among the least physically active groups," Stamatakis said in a statement.
Research has suggested that 150 to 300 minutes of physical activity a week or 20 to 40 minutes a day could help eliminate the risks badociated with long periods of sitting.
"Any movement is good for health, but physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity, that is, activities that make people breathless, is the most powerful and the most effective in time, "said Professor Stamatakis.
The research – published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology – was conducted in collaboration with the Norwegian School of Sports Science, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the University of Loughborough, UK.
Australian Associated Press
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