Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Sitting less can add years onto your life


It seems like every other post that I have is about posture, sitting, etc, but here is another one. There was an article published in the British Medical Journal linking time in sitting to life expectancy. These are some shocking  results!

Article conclusion:
Population life expectancy in the USA would be 2.00 years higher if adults reduced their time spent sitting to <3 hrs/day
Population life expectancy in the USA would be 1.38 years higher if adults reduced television viewing to <2 h/day.

Josiah Thunshelle, PT

1. Katzmarzyk P, Lee I. British Medical Journal. 2012; 1-7.
http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/2/4/e000828.long