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This article's conclusion aren't adding up. 1. Physical exercise won't help but getting up from your seat does. The former is a super set of the latter. You co
by chdir 12y ago
This article's conclusion aren't adding up.
1. Physical exercise won't help but getting up from your seat does. The former is a super set of the latter. You could argue that you only get up once for physical exercise but you can't totally discount the muscle movements during that 30-60 min period.
2. They assume that those who are sitting for long hours are obese. As far as I've seen, a large percentage of engineers who sit in front of the computer all day aren't all obese.
Maybe the article wants to focus on a small section of couch potatoes and trying to sensationalize sitting.
- frankzinger 12y ago> 1. Physical exercise won't help but getting up from your seat does. The former is a super set of the latter. You could argue that you only get up once for physical exercise but you can't totally discount the muscle movements during that 30-60 min period. They're not saying sitting for extended periods negates all of the advantages of exercise, but what they are saying is that no amount of exercise can negate all of the disadvantages of sitting for extended periods. The counter-intuitiveness of this claim is exactly why this is in the news.
- chdir 12y agoNeither did I conclude that sitting negates exercise. I said, if exercise can't benefit, how does break in sitting does? The article is an incorrect conclusion to the study.