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| Standing on the Job Gains Favour |
| Standing on the Job Gains Favour in US Workplaces
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 29-May-2014
5:30:40 AM |
| Three centuries after Thomas Jefferson found standing up a superior way to work, a growing number of Americans are mulling the dangers of sitting down on the job -- and opting to get on their feet.
Backaches. Muscular degeneration. Heart disease. Diabetes. Colon cancer. Even premature death is on the list of the potential consequences of a sedentary working life, according to a raft of studies on the topic.
"We're sitting ourselves to an early death," said Rob Danoff, a family physician in Pennsylvania and member of the American Osteopathic Association with a special interest in preventative medicine.
"We are a 'potato' society," he told AFP in a telephone interview
"We sit most of the day, so we are work potatoes -- and then we go home and we are couch potatoes. That combination can be deadly."
- Risks of 'prolonged sitting' -
Adult Americans spend on average 7.7 hours a day engaged in "sedentary behaviour," the National Institutes of Health has reported.
And the American Osteopathic Association estimates that 70 percent of office workers spend more than five hours a day seated at their desks.
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