Exchanging 10 minutes
of sedentariness for moderate - or high - intensity physical activity enhances cardiovascular fitness.
The findings indicate that exchanging 10 minutes of
sedentariness for 10 minutes of high - intensity physical activity decreases the total body and central body adiposity by 13 per cent.
In 2012 alone, Levine said, 1,300 peer - reviewed studies were published linking
sedentariness with heart disease, obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and other negative health effects.
Moreover,
replacing sedentariness with light or moderately intensive physical activity also seems to decrease the amount of adipose tissue, but not as much as high - intensity physical activity.
Based on the empirical evidence of current literature, this review concludes that standing and treadmill desks are potentially useful in reducing
workplace sedentariness while having a positive influence on workplace stress and overall mood.
Whereas Raymond Depardon gives a voice to those who wish to live on their land but are threatened with exile, Paul Virilio examines and challenges the very idea of
sedentariness in the face of the unprecedented migrations confronting the contemporary world.
«Even if one does go to the gym three times a day, and if you make your (recommended) 10,000 steps at the gym, the long periods
of sedentariness that we experience at work are not offset by those intermediary, scattered episodes of gym - going,» he says.
Get employees off their seats; reduce
the sedentariness of office life by providing «active desk» options, such as standing or treadmill desks.
Physical activity and sitting time (or «
sedentariness») are two common lifestyle - related behaviors associated with obesity and metabolic health, as well as with chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and with all - cause mortality.
The health consequences of
this sedentariness are well - documented.
The program used Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for the management of depression, along with modification of lifestyle behaviours that included physical inactivity and
sedentariness, eating a healthier diet, quitting smoking and taking medication as prescribed (consistent with Heart Foundation of Australia guidelines following a heart attack).