Office workers can die early because of sitting too long.

Lack of exercise will reduce physical fitness, impair heart and lung function, increase the risk of injury and many diseases.

Sitting for long periods of time can be harmful to your health, even leading to death, even if you exercise regularly. A recent Australian study found that people who sit for more than 6 hours a day, even if they exercise and eat a healthy diet, are 40% more likely to die within 15 years than those who sit for only 3 hours.

Sitting still for long periods of time can be harmful to your health (photo Vnexpress)

Poor digestive system

Sitting for a long time, the body lacks movement, will cause intestinal and stomach motility to weaken, digestive juice secretion will also decrease. This will lead to loss of appetite, poor appetite, frequent bloating, indigestion, poor digestive system function, limited nutrition supply to the body, making health increasingly weaker.

Affects blood circulation

When sitting in one place for eight hours a day, stress levels increase, LDL cholesterol in the blood increases, causing blood vessel blockage... All of the above symptoms lead to obesity, especially the risk of increased waist size for women.

Sitting for long periods increases the risk of obesity

Sitting in one place for a long time also causes muscles to burn less fat and blood to flow more slowly, blood circulation is affected, fatty acids easily clog the heart, leading to cardiovascular disease, which is very dangerous and can cause stroke.

Causes damage to the head, neck, and spine

Many office workers, due to the habit of sitting in one place for hours at a time, suffer from neck injuries such as neck pain, neck fatigue, neck inflexibility, shoulder pain, neck and shoulder nerves, neck muscle cramps, headaches, dizziness, etc.

Sedentary work can lead to spinal degeneration. In addition, sitting too much can cause back pain, shoulder pain, herniated discs... which are very dangerous.

Causes heart failure

Sitting continuously causes the movement process to stop in some parts of the body, the ability to burn calories will also decrease. After two hours of concentrated work in one place, the body's good cholesterol level decreases by 20%. If you run after work for 24 hours straight, the insulin level in your body will decrease, leading to an increased risk of diabetes.

Sitting for long periods weakens the heart.

According to experts, the best solution is to not sit for too long, and to stand up and walk around from time to time, because standing can burn three times more calories than sitting. When standing, the muscles contract, and it seems to activate important processes related to the breakdown of fat and sugar. When you sit down, the muscle contractions stop and these processes are stopped./.

According to VOV