Sitting Down is Killing You [infographic]

May 10, 2011 | by Tim | Lifestyle

According to today’s data visualization, modern human-beings sit down more during the day than they sleep. I am one of these people.

I’m not happy about it. It isn’t healthy to sit around that long, but I do it everyday. Between classes and studying, I almost never stand up. Also, most people with desk jobs don’t have the option to stand while they work. We’re all in the same boat.

I do slouch sometimes, and I try to sit up straight whenever I can remember, but this infographic does say that leaning back when I sit will lead to less strain on my back. I would hate to have back pain anytime soon. [Via]

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Gypsycat

err I dont see the graphic at all… wtf
http://profiles.google.com/mopeyprincess mopey P

Wait! What about lying down!? Please someone tell me that working lying on your back with your laptop resting on your knees is somehow better for you.
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Marklfarkl

I was sitting down while reading this…
http://twitter.com/bycostello chris costello

hard pressed to think of a time i am not sitting down…
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Damn, this makes those ridiculous standing desks suddenly more appealing. Sitting down is actually killing us.
http://bit.ly/low7iM
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David Mcmullin

internally inconsistent graphic : does walking burn 150% more calories or 3-5 times as many calories?
Daraddishman

I call BS. Symptoms do not equate causality. The science on obesity is seriously flawed, and diagrams like this don’t help. Hunter Gatherers sat around constantly. They had 4 hour work weeks. They also died of scratches and the cold.

Digital Warriors sit around drinking jolt and eating doritos, have 50-70 hour work weeks, bloat up, and sitting is blamed? Come on now, get serious. I can attest to the fact that
exercise
alone plays minimal roles in helping obesity problems in many many people ( myself included ). I had to radically change the composition of my diet, and pretty much ignore the conventional ‘wisdom’ coming out of the medical mouth pieces. Ditch the sugar, ditch the starches, eat more fat, eat more protein.
- Anonymous
  
  Leaving aside the obesity issue: If I worked 4 hours a day, I would not be “sitting around” for the rest of the day. I imagine that what hunter-gatherers did, and what most people would do would be walking for 90% of the time we’re awake.
  
  We get conditioned to sit down because we do it all day and then segue into doing it at night.
  
  Having worked for a long time as a waitress and also as a personal trainer, I find it difficult to sit for more than about an hour and a half at a time — even through a movie I am enjoying.
  - Kyeting
    
    Here here!
    I love my job as a waiter as I’m constantly moving around (like we’re meant to) and I also agree with the comment above about ditching sugar and startch and stocking up on the protiens and fats again like we were meant to.
    I’d like to point out as well when our primal selves sat down they usually sat in an over extended squat position, not on chairs that force our hip flexors to shorten and stay short.
Daraddishman

I call BS. Symptoms do not equate causality. The science on obesity is seriously flawed, and diagrams like this don’t help. Hunter Gatherers sat around constantly. They had 4 hour work weeks. They also died of scratches and the cold.

Digital Warriors sit around drinking jolt and eating doritos, have 50-70 hour work weeks, bloat up, and sitting is blamed? Come on now, get serious. I can attest to the fact that
exercise
alone plays minimal roles in helping obesity problems in many many people ( myself included ). I had to radically change the composition of my diet, and pretty much ignore the conventional ‘wisdom’ coming out of the medical mouth pieces. Ditch the sugar, ditch the starches, eat more fat, eat more protein.
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PoopPants

Hell Yessss!!!!!!!!!!!
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ELQ

Ridiculous..you’re no more apt to live by standing as you are by sitting, running, or standing in front of a moving bus. You’re dying, period, deal with it.
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Jeanine Brown

Great article! Sitting down all day makes me get antsy! We are just not made to sit all day.
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damdnation

this would make an awesome animated info graphic.
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Shahrameshb

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bernard

@Daraddishman couldnt have said it better myself!
- Sutlaf
  
  Standing burns approximately 60 calories per hour. Stand for 5 hours and you burn off a muffin but it’s better than nothing.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbpDnlEciU&list=UUpPPlc6RE7WSAUznri84iiw&index=6&feature=plcp
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