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https://archive.is/2023.10.23-014302/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732913-000-how-changing-the-way-you-sit-could-add-years-to-your-life/ https://arch

https://archive.is/2023.10.23-014302/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732913-000-how-changing-the-way-you-sit-could-add-years-to-your-life/ https://archive.is/2023.10.23-014302/https://www.newscientis... tldr: they squat And an important paragraph: “Hadza men and women spent nearly 10 hours every day resting, almost identical to the numbers for people in the US, Netherlands and Australia. The number of breaks was similar across populations as well. Hadza adults switched from resting to active postures like standing or walking roughly 50 times per day, on par with data from Europeans. Still, Hadza blood profiles and blood pressures showed they were remarkably healthy, with low levels of triglycerides and other markers of heart disease. The Hadza were much healthier than their desk-bound counterparts in industrialised countries, but not because they rested less or got up to stretch their legs more often.”

infecto 3y ago
Thanks for the summary. I get the feeling that is less about the sitting and more about the activity you are doing outside of the sitting? Perhaps working out >30mins a day is just healthy for you and its not so much the sitting but the fact that people are sitting and not doing any type of physical activity throughout the day.
- bryanlarsen 3y ago
  It appears that they controlled for that. I believe that, in addition to the standard 20-30 minutes a day of exercise, the body requires multiple hours of low level muscle activation: squatting, standing, slow walking, et cetera.
didibus 3y ago
> but not because they rested less or got up to stretch their legs more often There is so many more things that are very different between them and industrialized counterparts, I feel this is at best a stretch that maybe it's all the squattings doing. Seems the diet, sunlight exposure, environment, social habits, exercise habits, it's all different.

infecto 3y ago

Thanks for the summary. I get the feeling that is less about the sitting and more about the activity you are doing outside of the sitting? Perhaps working out >30mins a day is just healthy for you and its not so much the sitting but the fact that people are sitting and not doing any type of physical activity throughout the day.

bryanlarsen 3y ago
It appears that they controlled for that. I believe that, in addition to the standard 20-30 minutes a day of exercise, the body requires multiple hours of low level muscle activation: squatting, standing, slow walking, et cetera.

didibus 3y ago

> but not because they rested less or got up to stretch their legs more often There is so many more things that are very different between them and industrialized counterparts, I feel this is at best a stretch that maybe it's all the squattings doing. Seems the diet, sunlight exposure, environment, social habits, exercise habits, it's all different.