Sitting down is as bad as smoking

Antarctica

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0819/722190-sitting-study/

Sitting all day is as deadly as smoking, office staff warned

Elderly people and office staff are risking their long-term health by sitting down for extended periods.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/sitting-all-day-is-as-deadly-as-smoking-office-staff-warned-31462127.html

Sitting down I.e. what most people do in a desk job is unnatural and causes bad posture and leads to diseases etc. According to research carried out at Queens university.

In Scandinavia (Sweden I think article said) 90% of workers are entitled to a standing desk if they wish.

Should standing desks be funded by the the government?

www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/sitting-all-day-is-as-deadly-as-smoking-office-staff-warned-31462127.html

KTR1C

I heard it leads to a 100% mortality rate in humans !!!

dodderangler

I heard women sitting down at a desk attracts bears!

frozenfrozen

sitting can be enjoyed as part of a healthy lifestyle

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Me thinks the headline is exaggerated.

Edit; More likely the researcher wants his name in the paper to attract funding so has gone balls out with a massive and misleading headline based on no actual studies/data what so ever.

PirateShampoo

Studys show that being chained to you're desk increases work production 110%.

Cold War Kid

Sitting down smoking is surely may aswell be dead territory.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Sitting down smoking is surely may aswell be dead territory.

What if your having a pint and chips in the pub while sitting in the beer garden with smokers? Game over man, game over.

Saadyst

Agree in principle, but not sure why the government should be paying for it??

Magnate

donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »

Me thinks the headline is exaggerated.

Edit; More likely the researcher wants his name in the paper to attract funding so has gone balls out with a massive and misleading headline based on no actual studies/data what so ever.

Unlikely, this isn't news. Studied have been confirming this for the past 5 years.

Here's a good infographic

mfceiling

I know a person who sat down once and they died...

GreatDefector

mfceiling wrote: »

I know a person who sat down once and they died...

Yeah, didnt work out too well for Elvis, did it?

SEPT 23 1989

that's why there has been an explosion of keep fit types

Mr. CooL ICE

I like to live dangerously, so I voted "categorically yes" even though I don't really know what it means in this context.

cruizer101

Saadyst wrote: »

Agree in principle, but not sure why the government should be paying for it??

In theory it could save money in the long term ( I have no evidence for it but that would be the logic behind it).

But really what government ever think of the long term, best you could hope for would be tax free.

c_man

Is lying down at work ok?

equivariant

I'm only a social sitter myself. And I definitely like to sit down after sex, I don't see how that can be too bad for me

imitation

Thats it I'm going to tell my boss right now what I think of my cushy office job, hes trying to kill me with all this sitting. Im off to get a nice safe job on a buiding site, lugging blocks all day and hanging off ladders.

wilhelm roentgen

Standing up will cause cancer.
Thinking will cause Heart Disease.
Shopping will give you Chlamydia.
Loading the dishwasher will cause Epilepsy.
Singing will give you ADHD.
Riding a bike will cause scabies.

These are all true facts :rolleyes:

biko

Good thing I'm lying down then.

MilesMorales1

*continues puffing cigarette* I'm grand so.

JReu

It would be a cool option but I wouldn't like to have to stand for an entire day while writing etc

Paramite Pie

I'd love a standing desk, especially at home for things like drawing. I think a big part of my procrastination is getting too comfortable.

NachoBusiness

I don't sit. I recline.

dont bother

Defo. i've been wanting them to introduce the concept of standing desks for ages now.

sitting down causes as many/nearly as many health problems as smoking.

the exagerated part seems to be in that it's not going to be the same TYPE of health problems, but just as MANY... so technically, they could be less dangerous health problems... i mean, you're not going to get lung cancer by sitting down, whereby you will with smoking.

it's a numbers thing. it's not "as dangerous"... just that it COULD give you "up to as many health issues" as smoking

Delirium

bad luck for Professor X :P

Ben D Bus

So if you were thinking of giving up smoking, just quit chairs instead. Awesome health advice indeed!

Pherekydes

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

that's why there has been an explosion of keep fit types

You're just fear-mongering. I went for a run yesterday and I didn't explode.

Maximus Alexander

What bizarre poll options.

Yes
No
Yes
Yes

osarusan

What about sitting up?

conorhal

Remember folks, always sit responsibly!

Dimithy

imitation wrote: »

Thats it I'm going to tell my boss right now what I think of my cushy office job, hes trying to kill me with all this sitting. Im off to get a nice safe job on a buiding site, lugging blocks all day and hanging off ladders.

If only there was some middle ground.

Menas

I have a mad craving for a sit down now. Thanks OP!