If you are over 60, each additional hour per day you spend in a chair increases your risk of disability in the future..

No matter how much exercise you do. Reported by Northwestern Medicine.

This is the first study to single out a sedentary lifestyle as an independent risk factor for disability, independent of even moderate exercise that a person performs the rest of the time..

In fact, a sedentary lifestyle is the most important risk factor for disability..

If you take two 65-year-old women, one of whom will sit for 12 hours a day, and the second for 13, then for the second everything will end much worse. The study showed that for 1 additional hour in a chair, she will pay off with a 50% greater risk of disability in the future..

" Sitting isn't just synonymous with inappropriate physical activity, she says..

Professor Dunlop's study was published in the Journal of Physical Activity \u0026 Health on February 19.

Disability is a problem in one way or another for 56 million Americans. It is defined as the inability to perform basic activities including dressing, eating, bathing, moving around the room.. This condition is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and placement in care homes, which cost one in four US healthcare dollars each year..

“Our results indicate that adults should reduce the number of hours they spend in a sitting position, including TV and computer use.. Moreover, this requirement does not depend on your participation in physical activities, ”says the researcher..

The scientists focused on a group of 2,286 participants over the age of 60 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.. They compared people with roughly the same health status and levels of moderate physical activity.. Moderate physical activity can be thought of as brisk walking when, for example, you are late for a meeting..

Participants in the study wore accelerometers between 2002 and 2005 to measure time spent in a sitting position as well as overall physical activity.. Monitoring with accelerometers is very important as it is an objective result. The older and heavier the patient, the more likely he is to overestimate his mobility.. In previous work, scientists relied on the answers of the patients themselves, but this is very unreliable..

Animal studies have shown that immobility is a separate risk factor for health problems. Dunlop says: "

To reduce sitting time, Professor Dunlop suggests the following:.

• Stand up when you are on the phone and during a work meeting.

• When you drive to the store, park your car in the farthest place.

• When you get up for a glass of water, walk around your house or office.

• Walk short distances leaving your car at home..

• If health permits, do not use elevators.

Dunlop wears a bracelet on her wrist that tracks her movements throughout the day.. The device is synced with her smartphone and computer. She has built a social circle of family and friends who monitor each other's mobility and help maintain a healthy level of activity..

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