James Hosmer 's Life And Life

After a long day at work, people tend to participate in leisure activities such as eating at one of the restaurants or going to a bar for a few pints and don’t leave much time for fitness activities that has a bad effect on your

Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases are a growing problem around the world today. Not only do diseases such as diabetes and heart disease affect individuals and their lifestyles, they also affect the economy, politics, education and the professional work environment. 20-26% of individuals in the United States live with heart disease, and obesity and high blood pressure compose the greatest factors for developing this disease [20]. Studies have shown a direct correlation between the amount of sedentary time and cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk, regardless of baseline measurements [20]. Thus, increase in physical activity will decrease cardiometabolic risk factors [8]. Several studies indicate a positive correlation between physical activity and decreased cardiometabolic risk markers [2,4,11,16]. However, we now know that an individual who is getting the recommended physical activity per day can still have a large amount of sedentary time.

This data shows that both males and females are spending too much time being sedentary. This is a big issue and has been seen to cause increased rates of obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart disease later in life.

In Sumathi Reddy’s article “The Price We Pay for Sitting Too Much”, Reddy briefly examines the harms of sedentary behaviour. She suggests that in order to avoid them, one must do no more then increase the time they spend standing throughout the day. The article is aimed at working adults and suggest multiple schedules for increasing time on your feet and consequently, reducing sedentary behaviour. Some of the routines suggested are unrealistic for a busy person, such as the one preposed by Dr. Allan Hedge and Nasa. Hedge suggests that every thirty minutes, one should spend 20 minutes seated, 8 minutes standing and 2 minutes walking or stretching. Nasa’s recommended routine is simpler, but still slightly impractical. They suggest that one should

Obesity is one of the biggest problems many Americans face today. America is one of the richest nations in the world, but also becoming one of the heaviest (some might disagree). The more money we Americans make, the busier we are, the less likely we are to find time to exercise and take care of our bodies. We fail to understand that exercising is as crucial to an individual’s health, as working is to making money. The more we work, the less time we have to stay fit or get in shape. Instead of working out, many Americans sit in front of the computer, go out to eat, or simply play video games for hours on the television. Technology is advancing, causing Americans to come up with more excuses not exercise.

“The simple truth is that sitting is affecting the health of millions of Americans and millions of people in high- and middle-income countries around the world. This unlike other things, is something we can do something about.” -Dr. John Mercola

“He has cancer! The doctor said he has a week to two months to live,” my mother blubbered. I will always remember the feeling of emptiness that followed those words. My uncle, Tony, had been in and out of the hospital for over a month with doctors saying things like “it won’t hurt him to lose any weight and he is depressed from having his teeth removed.” A million questions started running through my head. “Why him?” I mean he has already been through so much and having Down Syndrome makes it so hard for him to understand what is going on with him. “Why did it take them so long to find it?” He was literally there the night before and they sent him home with an antibiotic. “How does someone who has never smoked get throat cancer?” This question

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women and has an average of 610,000 casualties in the United States every year. As adults, we tend to lead a very demanding lifestyle. Inside our home, the office, events for the holidays, and perhaps even school, we have a never-ending to do list that makes up the majority of our day. But we also have a responsibility to ourselves, but sometimes that doesn’t quite make the priority cutoff. From what I’ve heard, I’m supposed to exercise at least three times a week. About one in every three U.S. adults, including myself, has reported that no leisure time was spent doing physical activity. The first hour and half of my day is driving to work where I’ll spend the next eight

According to Tom Rath, author of Eat Move Sleep, “Sitting is the most underrated health threat of modern time” (as cited in Stearns, 2016, p.12). Researchers are unsure how long people can sit without any consequences to their health, but know that two hours is too long (Lytle, 2017). According to James Levine, an endocrinologist at Mayo Clinic, sitting for even one hour straight is too long (Stearns, 2016). The workplace is a cause of the “sitting disease” (Selby, 2015). This is not only because a chair and table are the number one workstation for the office, but also because technological advances have led workers to rely on desktop computers (Karol and Robertson, 2015; Studebaker and Murphy, 2014). Sitting limits blood flow to the lower body (Komath, 2016). High sitting chairs, where feet do not touch the ground, cause people to rest their feet on a stool or other part of the chair, which does not allow for posture changes (Corlett, 2009). Many business leaders, including Lucas Carr, an assistant professor of health and human physiology at the University of Iowa, believe that workers should not be required to sit in a chair all day (Lytle, 2017). Carr says, “We were not designed to sit all day. We were designed to move” (as cited in Lytle, 2017,

It’s very important to keep the body healthy and functioning. Over the years, people of all ages have changed their lifestyle. They moved from keeping their body in a healthy shape, to just not caring. When adults are getting off of work, they are not spending enough time doing a physical activity or exercising like they should. In the article, Obesity in America: What’s Driving the Epidemic,” over the decades, the fraction of Americans who say they meet national guidelines for leisure-time exercise has remained stable at 25%—but objective measurements suggest the actual percentage of adults who get enough exercise is closer to 5%” (Harvard Men’s Health watch). When an individual has a desk job, their body needs the physical activity on a daily basis to keep the body healthy. A decrease in physical movement at work, will not lead to obesity. It’s the lack of exercise when they get home. The average weight of an individual is more because we sit and eat

Sedentary behaviour is often linked with many negative health repercussions such as an increased risk to certain chronic diseases. These include obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Overall, sedentary behaviour is a major risk factor for inadequate health and an increased mortality rate (Wilmot, 2014). Sedentary behaviour spans from many daily functions such as sitting down, traveling in a car or screen time which refers to spending time on a screen based device (Zoeller, 2008). Sedentary behaviour is defined by performing low energy expenditure activities for a prolonged duration. If an individual is performing activities in which the metabolic equivalent is less than 1.5x their resting metabolic rate, they are

Physical activity has been ranked as a leading national health indicator by Healthy People 2010 and 2020. Regular physical activity is associated with enhanced health and reduced risk of all-cause of mortality. Beyond the effects on mortality, physical activity has many health benefits, including reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, ischemic stroke, non–insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes, colon cancers, osteoporosis, depression, and fall-related injuries (Khan et al., 2002, para. 1). Due to modern technological advancement and ease of access, humans have evolved from having a very physically active lifestyle to a technology dependent, less active beings. Starting from the car we use to go to the grocery store

Inactivity causes loss of muscle mass, balance, energy and increased in bodyweight, cholesterol and blood pressure. Consequently, putting them at risk of other diseases and falls. “Some studies with a moderate quality of evidence indicated a relationship between sedentary behavior and metabolic syndrome, waist circumference, and overweightness/obesity” (Rezende, Rey-López, Matsudo & Luiz, 2014).

Today's world is full of modern conveniences. Communication is at the touch of a button, you can drive right to the window and get handed a greasy, hot meal, and even walking has become bothersome. Trying to find that spot closest to the door is worth driving around the lot five times. Kids play more in virtual reality than outdoors, and parents who are strapped for time settle on quick, processed meals for dinner. Unfortunately, we've created an environment fit for the lazy. Instead of having to preform physical activities to function throughout the day, we must find time for physical activity, which might not be realistic for everyone. The fast food industry and quick processed dinners feed the consumer with no time for exercise, and the

Sedentarism has been viewed as a major risk factor to a wide-spread of health-related issues in society and could have harmful long-term effects. This is specifically troubling as some societies are becoming increasingly sedentary (Ricciardi, 2005). According to Cao et al. (2015), sedentary behaviour could be defined “by an energy expenditure of less than, or equal to, 1.5 METs (metabolic equivalent of task) while in a sitting or reclining posture”. Sitting for prolonged periods of time has also been shown to