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studied a few hundred back pain patients for a year, measuring activity levels with questionnaires (maybe not ideal, but the most important one here was validated with accelerometry). And they found that sedentariness at the start was clearly not linked to disability a year later, not even a...
I was just diagnosed with a hamstring strain from a MRI, I have been dealing with severe pain in my left hip and butt area and down my left leg to my knee. I changed jobs and sit 90% of my 9 hour day. I am not a runner, or do any real exercising. Can my strain be caused ...
Speaking of jobs by which you make people’s lives better, perhaps you should consider being a doctor or nurse. Granted, there is a little bit of paperwork that needs to be filled out by doctors and nurses, but for the most part, you will be walking around and attending to patients nee...
It is not surprising, therefore, that when a group of people with similar desk-based jobs is studied, those who sit more have greater body fat than those who walk more [43, 44]. Interestingly, people who are most active in their leisure time are also most active at work [43]. ...
Presumably adults with higher education and from higher income groups have more sedentary jobs, are more likely to use cars than active travel as a means of transport, and have more electronic entertainment and labor-saving devices at home. Cultural factors may also explain some patterns, through...
Many of us have jobs that require us to stay in one position for long hours. Though you may get up for lunch, drinks, or the restroom, it's too easy to sit down for long periods of time. We can't solely blame careers either: look at how addictive gaming can be. ...
We have all heard by now of the dangers of too much sitting, but for those of us with sedentary jobs, there is now good news — an hour of moderate-intensity activity offsets the health risks of 8 hours of sitting. That conclusion comes from a meta-analysis of trials involving more th...
One of the benefits of modern living is that very few people now have jobs that are physically taxing—many actually spend most of their working hours sitting at a desk. But this lack of physical activity has been found to be hazardous to our health. Obesity is at very high levels, as ...
Presumably adults with higher education and from higher income groups have more sedentary jobs, are more likely to use cars than active travel as a means of transport, and have more electronic entertainment and labor-saving devices at home. Cultural factors may also explain some pat- terns, ...