Middle age people are dropping like flies

[Anonymous]

My doctor told me that sitting is the new smoking.

People are sitting for longer spans than ever before and it is taking years off our lives.

He told me he offers to write an order for a standing desk for all his patients because sitting for 8 hours a day is so detrimental to health.

I already have one (office gave everyone one a few years ago) but he told me I should be standing twice as much as sitting. I had been doing like 3 hours standing and the other sitting. He told me it should be more like 5 standing, 3 sitting, and even then, apparently, that's too much. Something like only 3 hours out of our total day should be spent sitting. I honestly had never heard that and I thought I was doing such a great job at 3 up, 5 down. I now try to aim for a 50/50 split of sitting and standing but it's been harder than I thought.

I don't see how I could ever get my total amount of time sitting down to only 3 hours a day. Heck, when I have to commute into the office, that's 2 hours alone right there total.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My doctor told me that sitting is the new smoking.

People are sitting for longer spans than ever before and it is taking years off our lives.

He told me he offers to write an order for a standing desk for all his patients because sitting for 8 hours a day is so detrimental to health.

I already have one (office gave everyone one a few years ago) but he told me I should be standing twice as much as sitting. I had been doing like 3 hours standing and the other sitting. He told me it should be more like 5 standing, 3 sitting, and even then, apparently, that's too much. Something like only 3 hours out of our total day should be spent sitting. I honestly had never heard that and I thought I was doing such a great job at 3 up, 5 down. I now try to aim for a 50/50 split of sitting and standing but it's been harder than I thought.

I don't see how I could ever get my total amount of time sitting down to only 3 hours a day. Heck, when I have to commute into the office, that's 2 hours alone right there total.

This is not really sustainable or practical and I think most people are better off just focusing on taking frequent walks/stretch breaks, weight training and hitting cardio activity target minutes each week. This is all tied to much better longevity and I don’t think there’s as strong a body of research on standing desks. In fact, talk to your hairdresser, which is a professional who stands all day. Most have back/neck/foot issues pretty young.

[Anonymous]

My doctor told me that sitting is the new smoking.

People are sitting for longer spans than ever before and it is taking years off our lives.

Nah. All you need to do is 15 minutes a day to add 3 years to your life.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21846575/

Findings: Compared with individuals in the inactive group, those in the low-volume activity group, who exercised for an average of 92 min per week (95% CI 71-112) or 15 min a day (SD 1·8), had a 14% reduced risk of all-cause mortality (0·86, 0·81-0·91), and had a 3 year longer life expectancy. Every additional 15 min of daily exercise beyond the minimum amount of 15 min a day further reduced all-cause mortality by 4% (95% CI 2·5-7·0) and all-cancer mortality by 1% (0·3-4·5). These benefits were applicable to all age groups and both sexes, and to those with cardiovascular disease risks. Individuals who were inactive had a 17% (HR 1·17, 95% CI 1·10-1·24) increased risk of mortality compared with individuals in the low-volume group.

Interpretation: 15 min a day or 90 min a week of moderate-intensity exercise might be of benefit, even for individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease.