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On 23.02.2023 at 02:50
Modified on 23.02.2023 at 2:50 p.m.
A sedentary lifestyle is the cause of many ailments: obesity, diabetes, back pain. Fortunately, a minimum of daily exercise would be enough to counter the negative health effects of prolonged sitting.
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Physical inactivity is the cause of many chronic pathologies, such as heart failure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers. Combined with poor nutrition, physical inactivity has become a major public health issue in our society. A study by the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) published in 2022 notes the fact that 95% of French people do not have enough sporting activity for them to be able to do so. maintain good health. Reassuringly, only a few minutes of physical exercise a day would be enough to offset the risks of sitting all day, assures an international group of scientists.
Sport: 30 to 40 minutes per day of sweating would be enough
According to the research, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, up to 40 minutes of “moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity” a day would balance out 10 hours of immobility. The data comes from a study published in 2020, combining nine previous surveys of 44,370 people all wearing an activity bracelet, designed to measure the physical activity carried out by an individual. The analysis also reveals that the risk of death in people with a more sedentary lifestyle increased as the time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity decreased.
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Results that reinforce WHO guidelines
Furthermore, these results reinforce the current guidelines of the World Health Organization on physical activity and sedentary behavior adults aged 18 to 64. These recommend 150 to 300 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity each week to counteract sedentary behavior. “All physical activity counts and any amount is better than none“, summarizes Emmanuel Stamatakis, researcher in physical activity and population health at the University of Sydney in Australia. Understanding, climbing stairs instead of taking the elevator, walking as often as possible or even riding a bike: all means are good to be more active, even if it means starting slowly.
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