SITTING NEW SMOKING IS THE
We Sit Down – A Lot
80%
Office Worker:
12
Sitting For More Than SIX Hours A Day:
hours per day
of jobs require
NO physical activity
INCREASES RISK OF
LUNG CANCER
Average Joe:
9 .3 hour
s per day
8% 1980
Weekends: hours per day
8
IS AS BAD
AS SMOKING
2000
Increase in average daily sitting time
rettes PACK of ciga
Y A D Y R E V E
When You Sit Down:
WHILE
1
11
20% ZERO
Take walking breaks: Hit step goals of
2
HOURS
drop in GOOD CHOLESTEROL
24%
rise in RISK OF DIABETES
Sedentary Jobs:
2x
the risk of COLON CANCER
44%
higher chance of RECTAL CANCER
The old standard of 20-30 minutes of exercise a day improves your health and mood, but isn’t enough on its own.
CALORIES AN HOUR
After TWO hours:
LEG MUSCLE electrical activity
10,000 PER DAY
60
Use a Stand-Up Computer Desk:
CALORIES
STRETCH your wrists.
16 2 Stand up
Stretch your legs or stand up every
30-40 MINUTES
Standing burns 60 CALORIES more per hour than sitting
ROLL your shoulders. LIFT your feet.
for
TIMES
MINUTES
—it’s healthier than 32 MINUTES of straight exercise
Things To Remember:
Obese people sit
2.5
HOURS
more each day than healthy people
1 in 10
WALK TO WORK instead of taking the bus
PREMATURE DEATHS were the result of INACTIVITY (about the same as smoking)
If You Sit More Than FOUR Hours:
50%
Increased RISK OF DEATH from any cause
TAKE THE STAIRS instead of the elevator
VISIT COLLEAGUES instead of emailing
Park FURTHER away to walk more
In order to live longer, you should
SIT NO MORE THAN 3 HOURS A DAY
125%
SOURCES: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/01/20/sitting-at-work-for-hours-can-be-as-unhealthy-as-smoking/ https://www.diygenius.com/your-desk-job-is-killing-you-the-truth-about-sitting-down-infographic http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2015/02/06/effects-prolonged-sitting.aspx)
= 50%
R STUDY Based on a 14-YEA N AND of 123,000 U.S. ME the most WOMEN, even for re was e th rs e is rc e x e t n e frequ in the e s a re c in t n a ic if n ig as EATH chance of EARLY D G FOR IN T IT S h it w d te la e corr 6+ HOURS A DAY.
What Can You Do?
Chewing gum burns about
CALORIE BURNT per minute
by more than
Increased risk of events associated with CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, such as angina pectoris or heart attack
&
NOT SMOKE
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SITTING CAN AFFECT:
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