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According to the study, there are actually people that sit 3 or less hours in a day? Apologies if I missed a key element in the article, but how is this possibl

by hkuo 16y ago

According to the study, there are actually people that sit 3 or less hours in a day? Apologies if I missed a key element in the article, but how is this possible that out of about 16 hours of waking hours that only 3 are sitting? I literally cannot see how a complete 13 hours can be spent otherwise.

carbocation 16y ago
Surgeons. Interventionalists. Possibly construction workers and other manual laborers.
- hkuo 16y ago
  Even they have to sit down to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And then at home, what are they doing between the hours of 6pm to 10 or 11pm that they're not doing some form of sitting with their family? And even at work, the professions you mention, I have to believe are sitting at the very least half an hour throughout their work day, not including lunch. So that plus meals is already one and a half hours minimum, meaning at home at night, every night, they're spending 1.5 out of about 4.5 hours sitting. And remember this is every day. So what is a person, after a full work day doing for those 3 non-sitting hours. And if you say goig to the gym, even gym rats are sitting a considerable amount of time during workouts. And I didn't even include the possibility of sitting while driving, though I guess you could give the possibility they are standing on a bus or train. But really, in all honesty, I cannot imagine but an incredibly rare number of people with an extreme non-sitting lifestyle would exist.
  - Retric 16y ago
    Construction workers often eat standing up. But time spent driving is far harder to avoid.
  - carbocation 16y ago
    How many surgeons that you know are getting home at 6pm? I'm not saying that they never sit for X hours in a given day, but I'm saying that there will be plenty of days when they don't. Remember, this is in response to a question about who (if anyone) might go for a day without sitting 3 hours. There are a few realistic options-that's the extent of the argument I'm trying to make.

by hkuo 16y ago

carbocation 16y ago

Surgeons. Interventionalists. Possibly construction workers and other manual laborers.

hkuo 16y ago
Even they have to sit down to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And then at home, what are they doing between the hours of 6pm to 10 or 11pm that they're not doing some form of sitting with their family? And even at work, the professions you mention, I have to believe are sitting at the very least half an hour throughout their work day, not including lunch. So that plus meals is already one and a half hours minimum, meaning at home at night, every night, they're spending 1.5 out of about 4.5 hours sitting. And remember this is every day. So what is a person, after a full work day doing for those 3 non-sitting hours. And if you say goig to the gym, even gym rats are sitting a considerable amount of time during workouts. And I didn't even include the possibility of sitting while driving, though I guess you could give the possibility they are standing on a bus or train. But really, in all honesty, I cannot imagine but an incredibly rare number of people with an extreme non-sitting lifestyle would exist.
- Retric 16y ago
  Construction workers often eat standing up. But time spent driving is far harder to avoid.
- carbocation 16y ago
  How many surgeons that you know are getting home at 6pm? I'm not saying that they never sit for X hours in a given day, but I'm saying that there will be plenty of days when they don't. Remember, this is in response to a question about who (if anyone) might go for a day without sitting 3 hours. There are a few realistic options-that's the extent of the argument I'm trying to make.