SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE: BEING UNHEALTHY
It may be pleasant to curl up on your couch with your favorite TV series or video games at the end of the day. However, how much did all that downtime cost you? A sedentary lifestyle is one in which a person does not engage in regular physical exercise, sometimes known as the "sitting illness." A typical working-age sedentary individual can have a job that entails sitting down and using a computer all day. It takes more time to sit or stay motionless when travelling to and from work in a vehicle, bus, or train. Even though sedentary employees may participate in irregular or minimal activity on the weekends and evenings, most sedentary people spend their spare time sitting or lying down, doing one of the following things: · Either food or drink (socially or alone) · Watching television, sports, or movie · Reading, taking a nap, and part...