Sitting for long periods .. "luxury" leads to life-threatening diseases

With the great changes in modern human life and the replacement of the human machine in many areas, prolonged sitting has become a disease of the past; it starts today to move and move, but it is limited to the movement of the breakfast table to the car seat, On the desk at work, repeat the operation again at the return.

Recent studies have shown that most people sit on average about 15 hours a day, preventing the risk of sitting for extended periods.

Studies indicate that sitting on the chair or couch for long periods of time without physical effort or exercise related to life-threatening diseases such as stroke, liver disease and cancer, as well as diseases related to 39, obesity and weight gain.

A study published in April 2018 found that sitting behaviors were associated with weak areas of the brain that are important for memory formation.

As part of an experiment conducted on a group of young and healthy employees, who performed at least 10,000 marches, they were asked to reduce the number of steps by 1,500 per day.

Researchers at the Institute of Obesity and Chronic Disease of Liverpool found that in two weeks, these young employees were beginning to show the effects of obesity due an increase in fat mass, a decrease in the secretion of insulin and a build-up of fat in the liver.

According to other studies, a prolonged sitting poses about 35 dangerous conditions because movement is the key to the proteins that regulate the body, genes and other vital systems of the body.

To minimize these risks, anyone who spends long periods in front of their computer should consider moving or standing for at least 10 minutes at the time. There are other simple ways to encourage more movement, including a stationary wheel. When sitting on the desk or the inflatable exercise ball, the vehicle moves away from the access point to allow you to walk longer.