A moderate workout hours to repair the damage of the office work

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The World Health Organization (WHO) some time ago issued a directive to withstand the risk of sedentary life where advised to perform 150 minutes of exercise per week. But the latest study says not enough

At least one hour of physical activity a day is needed to repair the damage to our shame when seated on the desk for eight hours.

This is the conclusion reached by a group of international researchers.

The World Health Organization (WHO) some time ago issued a directive to withstand the risk of sedentary life where advised to perform 150 minutes of exercise per week.

Public Health England but, after analyzing data about 1 million people, concluded that this amounts to making exercise is insufficient for many individuals.

The researchers said that the risk of death over a period of 2 to 18 years were 9.9% for those who remain seated for eight or more hours a day and are committed little or no physical activity, compared with those who sat less than 4 hours and they were active for at least an hour a day.

But according to researchers, those who perform physical activity a minimum of one hour per day, had no danger of losing life, whether standing eight hours locked in the office.

Study leader, Professor Ulf Ekelund, from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and Cambridge University, said: "There is no need to deal with sport and there is no need to go to the gym. It's ok if you do a brisk walking in the morning, during lunch or after dinner in the evening. You have to walk for an hour, but can not share this action in part ", said Norwegian researcher.

The study analyzed the data of 16 previous studies, in which were included mainly people aged over 45 years from the US, Western Europe and Australia.

The authors concluded that an hour of moderate activity as p.sh gait trainer with 5.6 km / h or cycling for pleasure 16 km / h, were enough to repair the effects of sitting in the body for a long time.

According Ekelund's, people need to calculate the best time and not be totally focused on the television or other sedentary activities, but also for health care.

Moreover makes a good 5-6 minute break in an hour, which advised employees to stand up and move.

Physical inactivity is costing governments worldwide 67.5 billion dollars in a year.