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Interesting article on too much sitting
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=can-sitting-too-much-kill-you-2011-01-06
Starts with a definition of "sedentary", goes over epidemiological evidence, then explores the mechanisms through which the observed effects could be occurring.
First couple paragraphs I found to be really significant:
Which highlights the importance of defining what you study, for sure. It seems a lot of studies on physical activity could have been confounded by the "sitting" variable.
What do you all think?
Starts with a definition of "sedentary", goes over epidemiological evidence, then explores the mechanisms through which the observed effects could be occurring.
First couple paragraphs I found to be really significant:
The above definition may seem rather intuitive, but this is not the way that the term sedentary has been used by exercise science researchers for the past 50 years. Up until very recently, referring to someone as sedentary meant simply that they were not meeting current guidelines for physical activity. In simple terms, if you were exercising for 60+ minutes/day, you were considered physically active. If you were exercising 10 minutes/day, you were sedentary. Case closed. But as we will discuss below, sedentary time is closely associated with health risk regardless of how much physical activity you perform on a daily basis. Further, it is entirely possible to meet current physical activity guidelines while still being incredibly sedentary. Thus, to quote researcher Marc Hamilton, sitting too much is not the same as exercising too little. (if you take only one thing from this post, let it be that quote from Dr Hamilton). Which is why it is so important that when we use the term "sedentary", we are all on the same page about what that means.
Which highlights the importance of defining what you study, for sure. It seems a lot of studies on physical activity could have been confounded by the "sitting" variable.
What do you all think?
empty- Posts : 164
Join date : 2010-09-15
Re: Interesting article on too much sitting
Amazing stuff. I wonder if this is part of what that book "I broke the secret of MPB" suggests - taking frequent breaks from sitting down.
Maybe we should all start doing one or two sets of squats and pushups every hour.
Maybe we should all start doing one or two sets of squats and pushups every hour.
crincrin- Posts : 358
Join date : 2010-04-15
I Broke the Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness
This discussion of "sedentary" in the book: I Broke the Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness is very extensive which cannot be found elsewhere at this time. It REDEFINES the meaning of sedentary.
barefoot- Posts : 116
Join date : 2010-11-06
I Broke the Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness
That article may be of big help to some of you. Combine that with the CS regimen and brush your hair or massage your scalp regularly then your chances of hair growth is big. If you know the methods in the book, which is very extremely difficult to follow, then your chances for hair growth are even bigger.
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