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I'm having a hard time distinguishing whether this is serious, or BS like herbal supplements. People have been sitting at desk jobs for over 100 years now and t

I'm having a hard time distinguishing whether this is serious, or BS like herbal supplements. People have been sitting at desk jobs for over 100 years now and those people at an old age are living longer than anyone in history based on life expectancy.

stinos 9y ago
People have been sitting at desk jobs for over 100 years now and those people at an old age are living longer than anyone in history based on life expectancy. Isn't this one of those standard logic fallacies? I mean, A is true, B is true, but that does not mean B is true because A is true? There might be plenty of other factors affecting B. The advance in medical science for one. At least I always thought that alone was the most influencial factor on better life expectancy. Probably more than enough to even undo the effect of certain lifestyle habits making things worse. But yes, the article pretty much fails to provide exact numbers or even estimates on how bad a sedentary lifestyle really is.
dandermotj 9y ago
And obesity levels are higher than ever too. Dismissing this article's message because we are living longer is missing the point. We are living longer despite our poor physical health.
- ianai 9y ago
  For sure, there’s more than one reason for the obesity problem.
- Clubber 9y ago
  To misdiagnose the problem is worse than not diagnosing the problem at all. Remember when our collective consciousness believed that eating fat was what made you fat? All the food manufacturers starting advertising 0 fat but loaded the food with calories and sugar. This went on for about 15 years. Instead of assessing the problem as "sitting," maybe we should look at what scientific data says. I know food manufacturers put a hell of a lot of sugar in foods, even foods you wouldn't expect, like spaghetti sauce. They use it as a preservative, so it's in damn near everything. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8849j6 http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8849j6 I know watching food commercials subconsciously compels people to eat, even after the restaurants are closed. Children consume 45% more food when exposed to food commercials. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743554/ I know certain foods, sugar in particular, have addictive properties similar to cocaine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144 Sitting may very well be a factor, but this article shows no links to any studies. Until I see some data, I'll consider it BS and so should you.

stinos 9y ago

People have been sitting at desk jobs for over 100 years now and those people at an old age are living longer than anyone in history based on life expectancy. Isn't this one of those standard logic fallacies? I mean, A is true, B is true, but that does not mean B is true because A is true? There might be plenty of other factors affecting B. The advance in medical science for one. At least I always thought that alone was the most influencial factor on better life expectancy. Probably more than enough to even undo the effect of certain lifestyle habits making things worse. But yes, the article pretty much fails to provide exact numbers or even estimates on how bad a sedentary lifestyle really is.

dandermotj 9y ago

And obesity levels are higher than ever too. Dismissing this article's message because we are living longer is missing the point. We are living longer despite our poor physical health.

ianai 9y ago
For sure, there’s more than one reason for the obesity problem.
Clubber 9y ago
To misdiagnose the problem is worse than not diagnosing the problem at all. Remember when our collective consciousness believed that eating fat was what made you fat? All the food manufacturers starting advertising 0 fat but loaded the food with calories and sugar. This went on for about 15 years. Instead of assessing the problem as "sitting," maybe we should look at what scientific data says. I know food manufacturers put a hell of a lot of sugar in foods, even foods you wouldn't expect, like spaghetti sauce. They use it as a preservative, so it's in damn near everything. http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8849j6 http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8849j6 I know watching food commercials subconsciously compels people to eat, even after the restaurants are closed. Children consume 45% more food when exposed to food commercials. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743554/ I know certain foods, sugar in particular, have addictive properties similar to cocaine. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719144 Sitting may very well be a factor, but this article shows no links to any studies. Until I see some data, I'll consider it BS and so should you.