The new research appears to upend previous findings that suggested it was difficult to zero out the deleterious effects associated with extended sedentary periods.
Research published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, however, finds that about 22 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous activity may provide an antidote to the ills of prolonged sitting.
The new research appears to upend findings from earlier studies showing that regular exercise didn’t zero out the negative effects associated with extended periods of sitting.
One of those studies, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2017, found that working out regularly reduced some of the harms associated with hours of sitting, but didn’t completely eliminate them.
Dr. Howard Weintraub, clinical director of the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Langone Heart, said he worries that people will take the wrong message from the study and “think all they need is 22 minutes of activity, that it will make them bulletproof like Kevlar and after that they can plunk down in a chair.”
The good news from this study is that even a minimum amount of activity will help decrease the risk of premature death related to prolonged sitting, said Dr. Joseph Herrera, professor and chair of the department of rehabilitation and human performance at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.
“It says that 20 to 25 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity for those who are sedentary — walking briskly, pushing a lawn mower, riding a bicycle at a speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour — can make a difference,” said Herrera, who was not involved with the new study.
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Research published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, however, finds that about 22 minutes a day of moderate to vigorous activity may provide an antidote to the ills of prolonged sitting.
The new research appears to upend findings from earlier studies showing that regular exercise didn’t zero out the negative effects associated with extended periods of sitting.
One of those studies, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2017, found that working out regularly reduced some of the harms associated with hours of sitting, but didn’t completely eliminate them.
Dr. Howard Weintraub, clinical director of the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease at NYU Langone Heart, said he worries that people will take the wrong message from the study and “think all they need is 22 minutes of activity, that it will make them bulletproof like Kevlar and after that they can plunk down in a chair.”
The good news from this study is that even a minimum amount of activity will help decrease the risk of premature death related to prolonged sitting, said Dr. Joseph Herrera, professor and chair of the department of rehabilitation and human performance at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.
“It says that 20 to 25 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity for those who are sedentary — walking briskly, pushing a lawn mower, riding a bicycle at a speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour — can make a difference,” said Herrera, who was not involved with the new study.
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