BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Are you sitting down? Better yet, you might want to stand when you read this.
An obesity expert is saying that sitting down at your job for prolonged periods is bad for your health, even if you have a vigorous workout later.
Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic suggested that time at the gym can’t fix the damage done from prolonged sitting. “Being sedentary for nine hours a day at the office is bad for your health whether you go home and watch television afterwards or hit the gym,” he said to NBC’s Rock Center. “It appears that what is critical and maybe even more important than going to the gym, is breaking up that sitting time.”
Levine notes that the body only burns about one calorie per minute when it is sitting, and fat and cholesterol levels also increase. He recommends people who sit for too long at work to get up and move for ten minutes an hour.
