Sitting means occasional exercise not enough
Matt Webber
Issue date: 5/13/09 Section: News
A study in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that mortality rates of test subjects over a 20-year period increased with the amount of time per day they spent seated.
Amway Global Wellness Index survey of more than 15,000 adults and found that Missouri is below the national average for daily exercise.
Test subjects in the study done by "Medicine & Science" were followed for an average of 12 years, and the study found even those who exercised regularly but still spent most of their time seated had higher mortality rates.
The results of the study suggest that healthy lifestyle includes a healthy diet, exercise and avoiding staying seated for extended time periods.
The study was conducted on participants in the 1981 Canadian Fitness Survey. In the study of 17,013 Canadians ages 18-90, 1,832 individuals died.
The main causes were cardiovascular disease (41 percent) and cancer (30 percent). The other 29 percent of the deceased died from other causes.
The study found that the more time a day a person was seated, there higher the mortality rate in every cause of death except cancer.
Those in the study were asked if during the day they spent almost all of the time, one-fourth, one-half, three-fourths, or almost none of their day seated.
Most health experts suggest between 30-60 minutes of vigorous exercise a day.
The results of this study have been published at the same time a success story has come from an exercise study conducted for elementary age children in Germany.
The results of that study found significant positive results for a structured exercise regiment for elementary-aged children.
Some doctors have been advocating treadmills in offices where long periods of sitting are the norm.
Amway Global Wellness Index survey of more than 15,000 adults and found that Missouri is below the national average for daily exercise.
Test subjects in the study done by "Medicine & Science" were followed for an average of 12 years, and the study found even those who exercised regularly but still spent most of their time seated had higher mortality rates.
The results of the study suggest that healthy lifestyle includes a healthy diet, exercise and avoiding staying seated for extended time periods.
The study was conducted on participants in the 1981 Canadian Fitness Survey. In the study of 17,013 Canadians ages 18-90, 1,832 individuals died.
The main causes were cardiovascular disease (41 percent) and cancer (30 percent). The other 29 percent of the deceased died from other causes.
The study found that the more time a day a person was seated, there higher the mortality rate in every cause of death except cancer.
Those in the study were asked if during the day they spent almost all of the time, one-fourth, one-half, three-fourths, or almost none of their day seated.
Most health experts suggest between 30-60 minutes of vigorous exercise a day.
The results of this study have been published at the same time a success story has come from an exercise study conducted for elementary age children in Germany.
The results of that study found significant positive results for a structured exercise regiment for elementary-aged children.
Some doctors have been advocating treadmills in offices where long periods of sitting are the norm.
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