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Could Your TV Remote Be Making You Ill?
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Graham Foster
<br/><br/><br/> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #CCCCCC"></div> <br/> <!-- BEGIN ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.6 (WP) --> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!-- // ODIOGO_START:do_NOT_remove_this_comment showOdiogoReadNowButton ("4748", "Could Your TV Remote Be Making You Ill?", "2057", 290, 55); // --> </script> <br/> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> <!-- showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame ("4748", "2057", 290, 0); // ODIOGO_END:do_NOT_remove_this_comment // --> </script> <!-- END ODIOGO LISTEN BUTTON v2.5.6 (WP) --> <p>What on earth does it mean by this latest headline I bet you are more than a little bit intrigued.Well before you rush and throw your TV remote in the nearest trash can hold fire for just a second. This is not my crusade against TV controls but is about how sedentary (staying seated) we have all become and how it could be making us seriously ill.</p> <div class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"> <div> <dl style="width: 310px;" class="wp-caption alignright"> <dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Piledvariousremotes.JPG"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Piledvariousremotes.JPG/300px-Piledvariousremotes.JPG" alt="A series of remotes piled on top and alongside..." title="A series of remotes piled on top and alongside..." height="286" width="300"/></a></dt> <dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Piledvariousremotes.JPG">Wikipedia</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <p>Now let me explain years ago (well probably about 25 or so to more correct) we didn’t use to have remote controls for everything we had to do something which today is seen as really radical we had to get of our butts and change the TV channel.</p> <p>Now if you are under 30 or so that’s pretty much an alien concept but it actually was just part of the exercise (and movement) we used to have in our daily routines.But now the majority of people work on their backside and when they get home they do much the same thing.</p> <p>But what happens is our bodies weren’t built to be coach potato’s so they have started to fight back. Well that’s what an article in the British Journal Of Sports Medicine has been saying.</p> <p>It seems that those who literally spend all day sat down are at far greater risk of certain disease than those that involve some movement in their daily routine (see hence my comment about TV remote’s).</p> <p>Prolonged sitting promotes a lack of whole-body muscle movement, which the Swedish-based research team say is the more suitable way to define sedentary behavior. </p> <p>Many people I have to confess including myself mistakenly believe the term “sedentary” refers to people who do not exercise.</p> <p>But the research team suggests in their latest report that sedentary behavior is instead a distinct class of behaviors, unrelated to a lack of exercise, that boost bad health. </p> <p>Now I found that quite a suprise but it sort of makes sense when you think about it. The behaviors can include habits like TV watching.</p> <p>For example, recent evidence has shown that sitting in front of the TV for hours on end can raise your risk of early death from heart disease.</p> <p>A woman’s risk of metabolic syndrome, a precursor to diabetes and heart disease, jumps 26% for every extra hour she sits in front of the TV, according to one cited study. </p> <p>Whole-body muscular inactivity associated with prolonged sitting has also been strongly linked to obesity and even certain types of cancer.</p> <p>Although the cause-effect relationship between prolonged sitting and bad health needs to be more clearly established, researchers say it appears that muscle movement and contractions may play a role in controlling important blood fats.</p> <p>The editorialists warn that the health of people who are glued to the TV or tied to a desk for extended periods is especially at risk if they forgo exercise altogether.</p> <p>They encourage health care practitioners to emphasize the importance of simple, non-exercise activities, and how such simple movements may ward off bad health.</p> <p> “Climbing the stairs, rather than using elevators and escalators, five minutes of break during sedentary work, or walking to the store rather than taking the car will be as important as exercise,” the team says in a news release.</p> <p>On top of that they will also help you keep in better shape overall so I say lets try and start to move more and eat less a great combination I think you’d agree?</p> <div style="margin-top: 10px; 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