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🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Sitting a lot is bad even for young, active people

www.futurity.org

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Sitting a lot is bad even for young, active people

www.futurity.org

🃏Joker@sh.itjust.works to Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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"This study makes it clear: if you sit for long periods, the standard exercise recommendations are not enough."
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  • Typhoonigator@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Related: standing is also bad for you

    Guess I’ll just die

    • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Nah. Hitcherhikers Guide yourself into learning how to fly.

      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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        9 months ago

        The real trick is falling and missing the ground.

        I tried to do that once when I was a wee one. Got a good running start and leapt as far as I could. Looked down at the last moment and realized I wasn’t missing the ground, threw my arms out and landed awkwardly on my outstretched hand.
        Didn’t manage to fly, but I did become double jointed in my thumb!

  • midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works
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    If sitting is so bad for you, then why do we have asses, hmm?

    • felykiosa@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      I think I can find another use for your ass

      • midnight_puker@sh.itjust.works
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        Don’t you threaten me with a good time.

    • FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Checkmate, standocrats!

  • Linktank@lemmy.today
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    Oh fuck off. Living is bad for us.

  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    Well, I’m fucked.

  • eskimofry@lemmy.world
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    You have to squat, sit on your knees, and generally move about often. No chair… definitely no computer chairs.

    • BigChungus@sh.itjust.works
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      Unfortunately it’s just not that simple. 40% of workers in the EU sit for their job (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20190305-1) and I’d hazard a guess that the majority of those will be in offices that give you a standard computer chair and desk. Most people just don’t have control over their work environment to be able to do that.

      Totally agree, however, with getting up and moving about - I feel like shit at the end of the day if I don’t go for a walk at lunchtime. Used to get weird looks when I worked in the office and said I was going out instead of staying at my desk.

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        8 months ago

        I have a silly nitpick. It IS simple in terms of the solution. Its not simple amidst the logistics of modern life. Its funny to me how much we justify being assholes to our own bodies.

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        Just get a bouncy-ball chair. No company is going to complain and many would buy it for you. They’re a huge help.

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