WHEN SITTING BECOME DEADLY | A new study warns exactly when the risk of heart failure becomes almost 50 percent higher
In the study, scientists followed more than 100,000 people over 11 years, and the results could worry many, especially those who work at a computer.
A new study found that sitting for eight or more hours every day is very dangerous – it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke by as much as 20 percent! Although experts constantly warn about the dangers of sitting for a long time and call us to be more physically active, due to the modern lifestyle it seems that this is sometimes impossible.
For many, work means sitting for seven, eight, nine hours, and they are at the highest risk of heart attack and stroke, the study showed. Chinese experts have found that people who sit for eight hours a day, which is about the working hours of most workplaces, have a 20 percent higher risk of heart attack or stroke.
The risk of heart failure (heart failure) is 49 percent higher
Also, their risk of heart failure is 49 percent higher compared to those who sit twice as much. With these data in mind, scientists point out that reducing the time we spend sitting and increasing physical activity can have the same effects as reducing smoking globally.
By the way, Chinese scientists came to the results of this study by analyzing 105,677 people from 21 countries, who were 50 years old on average. They answered questions about how many hours a day they sat, and then the scientists followed their health for the next 11 years. By the end of the study, 6,200 voluntary deaths had been registered. There were also 2,300 heart attacks, 3,000 strokes and 700 heart failure cases, but not all were fatal.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common irregular heartbeat disorder, but many people don’t know they have the condition. AF is a heart condition that causes the heart to beat irregularly and often abnormally fast, which is important to note because it can lead to a fatal stroke. The simplest way to check the condition is to measure the pulse, but research by the biopharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb showed that one in five people who are at risk of this condition do not actually know how to do it. When checking for a pulse use your wrist or neck and place your index and middle finger on the inside of your wrist or the side of your neck and you will feel it. Then count the number of beats in 30 seconds, and then double that number to get the number of beats per minute. A normal resting heart rate will be between 60-100 beats per minute (bpm), and for people with AF it can be up to 100 beats per minute. Those at higher risk of this condition include those who have genetic heart disease. This could be because you already suffer from problems such as high cholesterol or if you have a family history of heart problems.
Scientists point out that regular exercise can reduce the effects of sitting for hours on health. For example, study participants who exercised the most – about two and a half hours per week – had only a 17 percent increased risk of death, which was significantly less than those who did not exercise.
