The many dangers of a sedentary lifestyle are well-known already. But did you know it can speed up the biological clock and accelerate the risk of chronic diseases? In a recent study led by Ryan Bruellman, University of Colorado at Boulder, it was observed that spending most of the time of the day sitting can affect health negatively, causing heart and other diseases. Between spending time on long commutes, desk-based jobs and spending our weekends scrolling through digital content, we tend to sit or lie down a lot.
This can make us prone to chronic illnesses. ALSO READ: Dangers of sedentary lifestyle: 8 ways sitting for too long is killing you Results of the study: The study was conducted on 1,000 former or current Colorado residents, including 730 twins. It addressed the common assumption that people do not need to worry about their health till their middle age.
Lead researcher Ryan Bruellman, in a statement, said that young adults have the common belief that they are bulletproof to the impacts of ageing. They think that they do not need to worry about their health till they are in their 50s or 60s. However, what they do in their young age matters a lot.
The research was conducted on adults between the age of 28 and 49. On average, the participants reported sitting for about nine hours every day. In extreme cases, some reported sitting for 16 hours in a day.
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