It's no secret that sedentary office work ruins the health of a whole generation, according to the Internet edition for girls and women aged 14 to 35. Pannochka. net We get up from an armchair from one meeting to another, and the rest of the time we sit without movement, weaken the cardiovascular system with years, atrophying our muscles and disks.
Prolonged sitting at work predisposes, among other things, to such dangerous diseases as obesity and metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and cancer.
The good news: European scientists have established that even short-term rises from the chair and movements during the working day can significantly improve your health by preventing the deadly effects of hypodynamia.
What's new from science?.
A recent three-month study involving 300 office workers from Denmark included two groups: the first used standing tables and sat as little as possible during the day, and the second group led a habitual sedentary lifestyle without any changes.
As a result, by the end of the first month, the active group brought the sitting time up to 71 minutes a day, and by the third month - up to 48 minutes a day!.
The second, as before, sat for most of her shift.
"Although the active group did not lose weight, these people managed to increase muscle mass due to fat deposits. Such changes have a very good effect on the long-term forecast. Meanwhile, in the second group, the ratio of muscle mass and body fat has not changed much, "says Dr. Michael Roizen, an independent expert.
In addition to strengthening the muscles, active participants lowered their level of sugar and cholesterol.
What can we do?.
Specialists in preventive medicine from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (USA) say that replacing sedentary work with a standing one usually leads to a marked decrease in the body mass index and waist circumference.
Naturally, for the sake of this you will not change the laptop to a jackhammer.
You will be helped by special furniture for standing work, and if you are the boss in your office, then you can fully implement standing plans, periodic breaks for warm-up and other useful innovations. Not only improves the health of employees, but also increases the efficiency of their work!.
"We already have clear scientific ideas about the ideal level of physical activity of the employee - this is about 10,000 steps per day. Such activity minimizes the risk of metabolic abnormalities, "says Dr. Royzen.
Do not know how to measure your physical activity? Use the pedometer.
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