The latest warning has appeared in the "West Coast News" section of the Vancouver Sun Saturday, March 19 in the article "Sedentary workers would benefit from standing up for their health" by Denise Ryan.
According to Ryan, experts claim that sitting for long periods of time is the "new smoking" because of the disastrous physiological responses it causes in your body.
Apparently these responses can cause chronic disease and premature because of the way they affect glucose tolerance and blood lipids among other things.
It is really quite serious a problem because although most of us never think of things like this medical experts like Dr. Mark Tremblay of Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute in Ottawa On warns that while you are sitting down for 5 to 9 hours a day (average for Canadian workers) your body shuts down.
And you can not make up for these long sedentary hours simply by remaining slim, because it affects everyone - obese and slender people or by running to the gym for a an hour a day after work.
According to this and other articles, the only way to overcome this threat to your health is by getting up and walking around every half hour or by working at a stand up desk which are becoming more popular.
You can find more information on this topic in the Vancouver Sun March 19, 2011. Click on vancouversun.com
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