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Office Workers Beware! Sitting Can Kill You!Filed under: Wacky, Tacky & True > Etc.
We hope you appreciate this, because we risked our lives by sitting in front of the computer to get this message out to you. According to results of a long-term study, spending too much time sitting down can shorten your lifespan. Results showed that women were at a higher risk of sitting-related-death, so you might want to bail on those high heels, since you’ve basically got a death wish if you sit through 8 hours at the office. We wonder how this bleak news will affect life at the office. Here are some of our concerns: -Will we all become hunchbacks from standing and leaning at our desks? Would we even prefer to live longer as freaks of nature? -Are we going to spend inordinate amounts of time standing around the watercooler out of fear of returning to our desks? At least the TV industry will benefit, because we’ll have to watch many more shows so we’ll have things to talk about for hours on end. -How will cigarette smokers cope with the fact that they’re shortening their life span when they sit down and when they go on cig breaks? Will their workplace morale drop drastically? -What’s the most lethal way to sit? Will we die a little less soon if we cross our legs at the ankles? How will you cope with this devastating news? [Image via WENN.] Tags: health, sitting, study, the office Posted: July 29, 2010 at 2:50 pm
 
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no shit sherlock. don't they have better things to do than waste money on studies that only state the obvious?
Its true my aunt died because she had a blood clot in her leg and they said that it could be because she never moved from her desk not even for lunch cause the work load was alot and she did this for 20 years !!!! so get off ur ass at lunch and take a walk !!!!!!!!!!!!
I am happy to hear this news cause I don't want my life to be longer - it has to end at latest around 65.
So, now sitting can kill us.
What's next? Terrorists are our friends?
Oh, sorry, we're not allowed to use the word 'terrorist' anymore.
Me bad.
I would think that's only because people who sit down more are likely to be getting less exercise in general. So if you take regular exercise and watch what you eat but you have a desk job I'm sure you're at no greater risk tbh.
This reminds me from when i was like 11?
we had a whole lesson on how to sit on a stool correctly
because if you don't sit on a stool correctly,
it affects your posture and means you'll get back trouble when you're older.
That was a whole hour wasted… learning how to sit on a stool..
how many ways is there to sit on a stool?
He was a bit of a douche! haha
And When will this never ending list of 'everything is bad for you' stop?!
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO KILL US!
This might be true, but us office workers need our jobs! The article also mentions sitting on an exercise ball at your desk strengthens your core and doing little things like taking stairs instead of an elevator, or walks at lunchtime will help. A sedentary lifestyle in general is not good for you, but I think if you exercise daily and eat healthy it isn't a big deal to sit for 8-ish hours at work.
Re: Anuschka – I SOOO agree. Though I hope it is sooner than 65. I am in a wheelchair, the news that sitting will shorten my life made my day.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CELEBRITIES
Its called SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE! This is nothing new, porky.
I'm not sure how i'll cope…i'll have to sit down and think about it.
Is it healthier to smoke or sit? Perhaps more people should smoke and less people should sit? Maybe our chairs should be taken away permanently. What about our beds? Should they also be taken away? Perhaps we can stand on our heads while we work and smoke instead of sleep.
In other news, 100% of the population will in fact suffer from the incurable fate known simply as "death" at some point in their lifetime. News at 11.
Sitting at an office job will give you a big fat ass which is next to impossible to get rid of. If you have to sit, don't do it with your leg tucked under you. I did that for years and when I got older, from doing that I broke the cartilege in my knees. It gets brittle as you get older. Had to have two operations.
horrible!
Who is this new writer on your blog? You or your sister don't write in this style.
most ridiculous story ever
god someone keep you away from a news paper
youll just misconstrue every story and post these stupid questions rather than an a real article
who cares. worlds gonna end during my lifetime, so lets all eat whatever the fuck we want, sit for hours and smoke!!! rebels
uh oh so i may not see 35 (i'm 29 now)…whoopsie!!! lol
lol yea sitting on your fat butt and shoving doughnuts and corn syurp laden colas down your pie hole will kill you. captian obvious