In fact, the typical office worker may spend up to a whopping 15
hours per day sitting.
«Adults in the United States spend more than 11
hours per day sitting while doing things like watching television and working on a computer,» said Liza Rovniak, assistant professor of medicine and public health sciences.
God forbid I actually write four pages a day, spend an entire
hour per day sitting in a chair!!!! I would finish four novels a year.
Not exact matches
Employees who reported
sitting for longer than 6
hours per day had increased prevalence of moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression relative to those who reported
sitting for less than 3
hours a
day.»
The study found that adults who
sat for 11
hours or more
per day had a 40 % increased risk of dying in the next three years than those who
sat for less than four
hours a
day.
Eight to ten times
per day: Till such time your supply is well established, it is significant to get no less than 8 excellent nursing and / or pumping
sittings in a
day of 24
hours.
Both children and parents usually
sit at a desk for up to eight
hours per day, so it's extremely important to add in physical activity whenever possible.
What a
day - travel to Albany;
sit around doing nothing for three
hours [unless of course you get «lucky»]; have dinner bought for you; pay homage to your «leader» `; maybe get to kiss the ring [if Joey let's you get close enough]; file the
per diem paperwork, and head home for the holidays...... What a disgrace!!
He argued that
per the Standing Orders of Parliament, no motion shall be debated until at least 48 -
hour sitting days have elapsed.
They found that the more
hours per day a person spent working, the greater the differences between the actual time they spent
sitting down and the time they wanted to spend
sitting down, indicating that the longer an employee spends working, the less time they want to spend
sitting down.
An extra two
hours per day spent standing rather than
sitting was associated with approximately 2 % lower average fasting blood sugar levels and 11 % lower average triglycerides (fats in the blood).
UCLA researchers recruited 35 people ages 45 to 75 and asked about their physical activity levels and the average number of
hours per day they spent
sitting over the previous week.
Gradually reduce daily
sitting time by 15 to 20 minutes
per day, aiming for two to three fewer sedentary
hours over a 12 -
hour day.
Alpa Patel (PhD), an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society, showed men who spent six
hours or more
per day of their leisure time
sitting had an overall death rate that was about 20 percent higher than the men who
sat for three
hours or less.
The men in the study who spent six
hours or more
per day of their leisure time
sitting had an overall death rate that was 20 percent higher than the men who
sat for three
hours or less.
The average American
sits for six to eight
hours per day, according to the American Heart Association's report.
Someone who usually
sits at a desk for 6 to 8
hours per day would need more calories if they were physically active on the weekends.
And since, on average, Americans
sit for more
hours per day than they sleep (insert your best shocked face here!)
In fact, 6
hours per day of
sitting begins a series of negative changes in the body.
You probably won't be able to walk at the computer more than 3 or 4
hours, but to be able to clock that many
hours of walking
per day instead of
sitting is amazing.
if you are an athlete and training for 3 - 4
hours per day you will need more calories than someone who
sits at a desk in an office all
day.
The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana found that
sitting for 8 +
hours per day increases the risk of dying from a heart attack by 54 %.
The American Journal of Epidemiology did a study that proved
sitting for 6 +
hours /
day increases your risk of diabetes, heart disease, and obesity by 18 % vs those that
sit less than 3
hours per day.
According to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, individuals who spend four or more
hours of leisure time
per day sitting in front of a screen (whether it be computer or TV) have a 48 percent increased risk of death from any cause, and a 125 percent increased risk of having a heart problem that results in hospitalization, compared to those who spend less than two
hours a
day relaxing in front of the TV / computer.
In other words, the writer has a work ethic and has trained himself to
sit at a typewriter or computer for more
hours per day.
Damn Obama straight to the pits of hell where he belongs, I
sit in front of my computer twelve to fourteen
hours a
day, using my imagination talents to write two to three novels
per year.
You get an
hour per book
per 24 -
hour period, so you're not likely to see your way through to the end of a book in a single
sitting, but there seems to be no daily limit on number of books
per day or number of
days per book.
Ability to work with difficult claimants utilizing calmness, consideration, compassion and respect... from computer • Understand and interpret written reports •
Sit and / or stand 6 - 8
hours per day...
They think that
sitting on their asses reading for a half -
hour per day is a waste of time.
Van der Ploeg's most recent study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that adults age 45 and older who
sat 11 or more
hours per day had a 40 percent increased risk of dying in the next three years compared with those who
sat for less than four
hours a
day.