Prevent Premature Death: Break the Sedentary Cycle with 22 Minutes of Daily Physical Activity

2023-11-01 14:30:03

Spending hours sitting increases the risk of dying prematurely. Norwegian researchers have found the solution for people who are too sedentary.

In France, adults spend on average 12 hours a day sitting, in week when they work, and 9 hours during the weekend or when they are not at the office, indicates the National Observatory of Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle (ONAPS). These people are sedentary. Be sedentary designates as much the fact of being sitting while working what of look at the screens for several hours since ultimately, we not moving. A sedentary lifestyle is associated with various adverse health effects. She favors “THE cardiovascular illnesses, the diabetes type 2, some cancersthe depression et anxiety“ recalls Public Health France. Norwegian researchers wanted to examine the association between sedentary time and the mortality and vice versa.

Even worse if we don’t move for 12 hours

They studied the data from almost 12,000 people aged over 50 years old who wore trackers measuring their physical activity and sedentary time. They were part of Norwegian, Swedish and American cohorts, ranging from 2003 to 2016. According to the results published in the British Journal of Sports MedicineThe people who accumulate more than 12 hours of sedentary time daily et less than 22 minutes of physical activity moderate to intensive have a mortality risk increased by 38%.

Conversely, those which actively move for at least 22 minutes per day compensate for the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle and eliminate the risk of dying prematurely due to prolonged sitting. Among moderate activities:

the fast walk between 5 and 6.5 km/h, the bikegardening

Among more intense activities;

the jogging at 10km/hour
walking at more than 6.5 km/h cycling at more than 20 km/h

The World Health Organization recommends 150 to 300 minutes of moderate activity per week for adults. 2.5 to 5 hours per week or 20 to 45 minutes per day.

Sedentary lifestyle at work: effective interventions exist to improve employee health, Santé Publique France, July 2023
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