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Effects of long time sitting

 

Effects of Sitting for Long Periods of Time

With the advent of technology, there have been many desk jobs emerging out that makes the individualto sit for a long period. In present world, people are sitting for more hours than the time that they spend for sleeping.

Reports depict that sitting increase the death rate up to 40% and mostly people for 9.3 hours per day. Sitting will increase the weight of person there by leading to obesity. Usually obese people sit 2.3 hours more than the individuals with normal size. The effects of continuous sitting are calorie burning rate drops down to 1 calorie for every minute.

People watching TV by sitting in couch for 3 hours or more will die due to heart disease. Try to maintain 135 degrees while sitting as it reduces the wrenching of back and every extra hour of watching the TV will increase the death rate by 11%.

Categories : Health Graphs | Published by : graphs | Date : Aug 31, 2012
Tags: problems of long time sitting, problems with longtime sitting

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