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March 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Jenny Hope
20:50 EST, 26 March 2012
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01:51 EST, 27 March 2012
Stand up if you want to live longer, researchers have warned.
A major study from Australia found sitting down too long increases your risk of dying within three years, even if you are already physically active.
The study of 222,000 people suggests too much sitting – as opposed to insufficient activity – may be a new risk factor for premature death.
Best foot forward: Staying upright can prolong your life, according to experts (Posed by models)
It found adults who sat 11 or more hours per day had a 40 per cent increased risk of dying in the next three years compared with those whosat for fewer than four hours a day.
This risk remained after taking into account their physical activity, weight and general health.
People sitting for between eight and 11 hours a day had a 15 per cent increase in the risk of dying compared with those seated for fewer than four hours a day.
The findings were published in the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine (must credit).
Lead author Dr Hidde van der Ploeg, a senior research fellow at the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health, said ‘These results have important public health implications.
‘That morning walk or trip to the gym
is still necessary, but it’s also important to avoid prolonged sitting.
Our results suggest the time people spend sitting at home, work and in
traffic should be reduced by standing or walking more.’ The results are
the first landmark findings to be published from the Sax Institute’s 45
and Up Study, the largest ongoing study of healthy ageing in the
Southern Hemisphere.
Predominant position: Many people can spend the majority of the day sitting down (Posed by model)
They
showed physical activity is still beneficial: inactive people who sat
the most had double the risk of dying within three years than the active
people who sat least.
Among
the physically inactive group, those who sat the most had nearly
one-third higher chance of dying than those who sat least.
Altogether
there were 5,400 deaths in the three year period of follow-up, with
seven per cent of the deaths attributed to sitting.
There has been growing interest in the downsides of prolonged sitting, which is a marker for a sedentary lifestyle.
Previous
research found people who watch six hours of TV a day cut short their
lifespan by five years compared with someone who watches no TV.
People who sit for longer have bigger waist sizes, and higher levels of cholesterol, blood sugar and triglycerides.
The average adult spends 90 per cent of their leisure time sitting down and less than half of adults meet World Health Organization physical activity recommendations.
In the UK, adults are urged to do 150 minutes of activity a week to promote health.
In an accompanying editorial, co-author David Dunstan of the physical activity laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, said individuals are exhorted to do 30 minutes of brisk walking a day to stave off chronic disease.
But ‘this still leaves 15 and a half hours of non-exercise awake time each day during which, for many adults, sitting is the predominant stance.
‘To put this in perspective, 30 minutes of physical activity is as protective an exposure as 10 hours of sitting is a harmful one’.
He said the evidence was strong enough to support doctors prescribing ‘reduced daily sitting time’ to their patients.
The research was commissioned by the Cardiovascular Research Network and supported by the NSW Division of the National Heart Foundation Australia.
Heart Foundation NSW CEO Tony Thirlwell said being inactive was a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
He said ‘Watching TV, using computers and electronic games can involve sitting for long periods and have become a big part of leisure time.
‘But we know that people who spend less time on these things have better health than those who spend too much time on them.’ A major five-year follow-up of 45 and Up study participants has just begun and will ask 265,000 men and women more about their health, lifestyle, and the medications and health services they use.
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Good, the ones in parliment wont be long then..Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee
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i SUPPOSE IT’S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT AS ONE AGES, ONE SITS FOR LONGER AS ENERGY DIMINISHES. AND BECAUSE ONE IS OLDER ONE IS NEARER THE GRAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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Right, I’m standing up to type this then! 🙂
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Unfortunately most office workers don’t have much option.
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Ive never laughed so much for a long time
thank you to the “At Home,By the PC” person.
Also Linda in Toronto is right. I have worked in an office environment for 50 years, my hands are nearly useless, hips, knees, legs ankles, you name it, it hurts, even though I used to get up and walk about, it still does damage when you sit a long time, but hey, how have I lived this long though if you die within 3 years of sitting down a lot…. ????
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What a load of twaddle. So, according to these so-called researchers, it would mean that there would be no disabled wheelchair users, they should all be dead within 3 years. Next thing you will be getting flat feet for standing up too long.
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Is that so? What about people in wheelchairs? They can hardly stand so does that mean they’re all going to die? Just more scaremongering.
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UK rail commuters should live forever then!
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Can you lie down instead?
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Well that’s killed off more than half the nation!
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