The longer you sit, the quicker you die.

Another study shows that sitting for a long time is really, really, really bad for your health. Please buy a table that can stand and work!

A computer desk that can be programmed to stand

A study of more than 200,000 Australians has added a live proof that the longer you sit, the quicker you die. The study also found that exercise does not change the trend-although it can effectively reduce the risk.

The results of the study clearly tell us a simple message: stand more and sit less, which can prolong your life.

Although the risk of death for those who exercised more than 5 hours a week was significantly reduced, the risk still increased when they sat too long.

At present, "Sedentary is harmful to the body" has been widely recognized. Research in recent years has shown that taking too long in front of a computer screen, before a TV, or just sitting around for too long can increase your risk of death.

The survey took a more direct approach, observing the sum of people sitting on their daily basis and their mortality rate over the next three years, in the hope of giving a number of degrees of harm to sedentary times.

The result was a shock that people who sat for more than 11 hours a day had a 40% higher risk of dying in the next three years than those who sat less than 4 hours a day. This is the result of correcting all factors that affect the risk of death, such as age, weight, physical exercise, health level, and so on. At the same time, a proportional data is: The longer you sit, the higher the risk of death.

The study is part of the research project of the Sax Institute (Institute). The study is the largest real research project on healthy Aging in the southern hemisphere. The study data came from 222,497 Australians who were more than 45 years old to report their total sitting time on a daily basis. The researchers compared the data with their mortality rates for the next three years.

Whether they are healthy or sick, like sports or not, the longer they sit, the higher the risk of death in the next three years. Exercise can reduce this risk in large numbers: the longest-sitting person is only 40% more likely to die than a few people sitting, but the number of people who sit the longest and exercise the least and sit less but exercise the most will turn into 100%. Although people who exercise more than 5 hours a week are at a much lower risk, when they do it for too long, the risk is still going up.

In other words, you need to exercise, but the equally important thing is to sit down as little as possible.

One editorial suggested that the evidence was so abundant that our doctors should have advised them to cut down on the patient's prescription. But why should we not take the initiative to prescribe such a prescription for ourselves?

According to rough statistics, people spend more than 90% of their leisure time sitting. So, we still have a lot of room for improvement.