6 Hours of sitting a day results in losing up to 5 years of life! It is the new smoking, sitting results in lost years of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More and more research suggests that even if you exercise regularly, you might still succumb to the ill effects of too much sitting, which is showing to affect overall health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For\nexample, a study published last year concluded that adults who spend an average\nof six hours a day in front of the TV will cut their life expectancy by nearly\nfive years, when compared to those people who do not watch TV. Studies have\nalso showed those who sat for longer periods of time are twice as likely to\nhave diabetes or heart disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There may\nbe health effects from prolonged sitting the activity that dominates most\npeople\u2019s remaining \u201cnon-exercise\u201d waking hours. This even affects the people\nwho do work out 30 minutes a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone\nneeds to avoid the temptation to stay rooted to the couch, which may be\nparticularly important for seniors. If you\u2019re older, you\u2019d be wise to make a\nconcerted effort to spend more time doing low-intensity, everyday activities\nanything, that will cut down on the time you spend in a seated position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet another recent study found that seniors who exercise experience less depression, dementia, and other chronic health problems, including diabetes and cancer. The benefit of exercise was major and increased the odds of healthy aging as much as seven fold! \u00a0Even those who didn\u2019t start exercising until they were in their later years were still able to boost their odds around threefold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n