Sitting is the New Smoking- Even for Runners

[microrobert]

Sitting is the New Smoking- Even for Runners

There's no running away from it: The more you sit, the poorer your health and the earlier you may die, no matter how fit you are.

You've no doubt heard the news by now: A car-commuting, desk-bound, TV-watching lifestyle can be harmful to your health. All the time we spend parked behind a steering wheel, slumped over a keyboard, or kicked back in front of the tube is linked to increased risks of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and even depression—to the point where experts have labeled this modern-day health epidemic the "sitting disease."

But wait, you're a runner. You needn't worry about the harms of sedentary living because you're active, right? Well, not so fast. A growing body of research shows that people who spend many hours of the day glued to a seat die at an earlier age than those who sit less—even if those sitters exercise.

http://www.runnersworld.com/health/s...en-for-runners

[Damião de Góis]

Great

[Loki]

lol

[Fortis in Arduis]

It feels nice to be pottering around, and not slouching somewhere eating carbs like the Queen of Tonga.

[♥ Lily ♥]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life...ticle17945720/

[♥ Lily ♥]

https://www.startstanding.org/sitting-new-smoking/#

[♥ Lily ♥]

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/11/h...udy/index.html

[Loki]

Well... what else are we going to do if we don't sit? If we're not travelling or moving around when working/performing tasks, should we stand on attention whole day long? Or lie in bed?