Your desk job is killing you faster than you thought

Death from your desk job?

Death from your desk job?

A study finds that people with desk jobs are 60% more likely to die earlier, compared to others with an active lifestyle. An hour's exercise is deemed necessary every day to help beat the deadly effects of working 9 to 5 on a desk.

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Deadly lifestyle habits

Deadly lifestyle habits

Sedentary working lifestyles are now causing 90,000 deaths every year. Adults who sit down for at least 8 hours a day must do 1 hour of exercise.

If that's not possible, even brief spurts of activity would help to cut the risk. Most of these deaths occur from heart disease, strokes and cancer.

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Being lazy isn't an option here

Being lazy isn't an option here

In addition to their sedentary office lifestyles, the average man and woman spends three hours watching television when they get home.

The research claims inactivity now takes as many lives as smoking and is far deadlier than obesity.

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An hour's exercise is a must

An hour's exercise is a must

Adults who were sat down eight hours a day were 59 per cent more likely to die within a 20 year period than those who were sedentary for four hours or less.

But this risk was almost eliminated if they did at least 60 to 75 minutes exercise a day – and two hours a day would be the the ideal amount.

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Not only the heart that's affected

Not only the heart that's affected

Researchers also concluded inactivity is now the main cause of preventable death from illnesses such as disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes and dementia.

Experts believe inactivity gradually reduces our body’s ability to carry out its essential daily tasks.

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A whole series of health troubles

A whole series of health troubles

These include our lung capacity – how much air we can breathe – transporting oxygen-rich blood to organs, digestion and the breakdown of sugar.

Over time, this exposes us to numerous health problems and inactivity has been directly linked to most chronic, long-term diseases including arthritis.

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Older people more at risk

Older people more at risk

Middle-aged and older adults were even more at risk as they do the least amounts of exercise.

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