Sedentary 1100 Words You Need Week 16 Day 2

Sedentary 1100 Words You Need

Sedentary 1100 Words You Need

/ˈsed.ən.tri/ (adj)

involving little physical activity or exercise, involving a lot of sitting, sitting, inactive, deskbound:

Consider how much you sit in a day: driving during your morning commute to an 8-hour-a-day desk job, and then unwinding on the couch in front of the television all evening. What’s more, do you depend on email, cell phone apps, direct-deposit paychecks, and online shopping to accomplish tasks that 10 or 20 years ago would have required you to get up and run errands?

If so, then you may have “sitting disease,” a catchy phrase for a sedentary lifestyle that might be putting your health at risk.

Source: https://www.webmd.com

According to the American Heart Association, sedentary jobs have increased 83 percent since 1950. Physically active jobs now make up less than 20 percent of the U.S. workforce, down from roughly half of jobs in 1960.

Michos: A large review of studies published in 2015 in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that even after adjusting for physical activity, sitting for long periods was associated with worse health outcomes including heart disease , Type 2 diabetes and cancer. Sedentary behavior can also increase your risk of dying, either from heart disease or other medical problems.

I recommend everybody track their steps, with a fitness tracker, your phone or a simple pedometer. We usually recommend a target of 10,000 steps a day. But if you’re very sedentary, any improvement will be beneficial. If you only get 2,000 steps a day, try to aim for 4,000.

Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/

Antonym: active

Noun: sedentariness

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