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Curious take. I would think that "a cushy office", which normally means sitting for very long periods, would directly lead to many of these issues over the long
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Curious take. I would think that "a cushy office", which normally means sitting for very long periods, would directly lead to many of these issues over the long term. Indeed, I've seen many research reports and articles over the past decade declaring "sitting is the new smoking".
- switchbak 3y agoSitting is pretty bad, yes. And it's also incredibly common - which is why it gets the press it does. Combined with a sedentary lifestyle, it's a recipe for serious and predictably poor health outcomes. But it isn't half as hard as extended periods of hard physical labour, day after day, especially as you grow older. Doubly so if you don't have proper medical care, and your employer doesn't tolerate sick days. These folks have it _much_ harder than we do.
- Clubber 3y agoI dunno, is getting exercise all day at work better or worse for your health than sitting down all day at work? Naturally hazardous jobs like coal mines excluded.
- bluefirebrand 3y agoIt's not just "getting exercise all day" Manual labor jobs overtax people's bodies. They get older and break down hard. They commonly turn to substance abuse to try and help themselves get through it all.
- Clubber 3y agoSome jobs do, but the substance abuse part can be said for chair jobs as well.
- potatopatch 3y agoNonetheless, the article's examples sound like clearly attributable job specific cancer risks. Cancer decades later from lots of longterm sitting are harder to account and probably not included.