http://www.spinalcare.com.au/health-forum-blog Current Health Information Forum www.spinalcare.com.au Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.spinalcare.com.au/health-forum-blog/2010/08/29/sitting-for-long-periods-can-shorten-your-life/ http://www.spinalcare.com.au/health-forum-blog/2010/08/29/sitting-for-long-periods-can-shorten-your-life/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:42:05 +0000 George Hardas http://www.spinalcare.com.au/health-forum-blog/?p=285 “Desk jobs can up heart disease risk” the more sedentary we are the shorter our life spans will be according to a new US study by Dr Jay Brooks.  For men the increased risk of dying from heart disease when staying seated for more than 6 hours a day was 17%, for women it was a whopping 37%. Even after adjustments were made for a number of risk factors including Body Mass Index (BMI) and smoking the negative effects of having your bum on a seat for long periods still remained.

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