Are you an office worker sittting behind your desk all day? According to a survey, people spend an average of nine hours in a seated position each day, and 60 percent of the time spent sitting is at work. Overseas medical experts recommend that people who sit in an office for extended periods should stand for up to two hours a day to avoid illnesses and pains induced by extended sitting.
Even with a sufficient amount of exercise, it is impossible to offset the harm caused by extensive sitting. According to a report from the British newspaper the Daily Mail, trusted medical experts from Public Health England suggest that employers should set a daily office quota for their employees to spend time standing, as extended periods of sitting could lead to obesity, cancer and type-2 diabetes and is also related to back, neck and muscle pains. According to statistics, British workers take a total of 131 million days off sick each year because of the aforementioned ailments.
In recent years, through scholastic research and discussions, it has been discovered that the risks of extended sitting are comparable with those of smoking. Research shows that people who spend a majority of their days seated have a relatively high risk of obesity, heart disease, cancer and even early death. Experts advise that people should start by standing for two hours or doing light activities, and eventually they should increase the time to four hours to avoid incurring illnesses.
(Liberty Times, Translated By Zane Kheir)
Photo: Wu Liang-i, Liberty Times
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你是一整天都坐在辦公室裡的上班族嗎？據調查，一般人平均一天有九小時處於坐著的狀態，其中六十%時間都是在工作。有國外醫學專家建議，久坐辦公室的你，每天至少該站兩個小時，避免久坐可能造成的各種病痛。
即使有充足的運動量，還是無法抵消久坐的危害。根據英國《每日郵報》（Daily Mail）報導，英國公共衛生局 （Public Health England）委託的醫學專家建議，雇主應該訂定員工每天站著辦公的「配額」，因為長時間久坐恐造成肥胖、癌症與第二型糖尿病，也與背痛、脖子痛與肌肉酸痛有所關連。據統計，英國上班族因以上「症頭」而請假的天數，每年加起來高達一億三千一百萬天，數字相當可觀。
近年經學界研究討論，發現「久坐」和「吸菸」的危害旗鼓相當。研究顯示，一天大部分時間都坐著的民眾，肥胖、心臟疾病、癌症、甚至早死的風險都較高。專家建議，民眾一開始應該從二小時的站著或輕度活動開始，最後應增加到四小時，避免病痛纏身。
(自由時報)
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