Sit Longer, Die Sooner 341
mcgrew writes "Bad news for most of us here — The Chicago Tribune is reporting that even if you get plenty of exercize, sitting down all day reduces your lifespan. From the article: 'Even after adjusting for body mass index (BMI) and smoking, the researchers found that women who sit more than 6 hours a day were 37 percent more likely to die than those who sit less than 3 hours; for men, long-sitters were 17 percent more likely to die.
People who exercise regularly had a lower risk, but still significant, risk of dying. Those who sat a lot and moved less than three and a half hours per day are the most likely to die early: researchers found a 94 percent increased risk for women and 48 percent increase for men, they announced recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology.'"
"Exersize"? (Score:3, Funny)
Another brick in the wall... (Score:5, Funny)
To die? But not sooner? (Score:5, Funny)
the researchers found that women who sit more than 6 hours a day were 37 percent more likely to die than those who sit less than 3 hours; for men, long-sitters were 17 percent more likely to die
Wow. There is ANY percentage of people that are not likely to die?
I shall never sit again!
More likely to die? (Score:5, Funny)
the researchers found that women who sit more than 6 hours a day were 37 percent more likely to die than those who sit less than 3 hours
ORLY?
I thought the two groups were equally certain to die...
Re:Huh? (Score:4, Funny)
Are you sure about the 100% chance of dying?
I haven't died.
Re:"Exersize"? (Score:5, Funny)
"I think "exersize" is what you call someone who doesn't exercise. :)"
SuperSize...a minor savings that induces you to eat more.
GiantSize...Fuck the cost, I'm hungry.
ExerSize...So big, lifting it burns calories.
Re:Huh? (Score:2, Funny)
I might get modded down for this, but I haven't died either, and I suspect others like me are beginning to come out of the closet.
Re:Sitting leading cause of death in the world! (Score:4, Funny)
No, it just feels like forever.
Re:Another brick in the wall... (Score:5, Funny)
What you need is an excuse to go outside and stroll around at regular intervals. Like smoking.
Duh! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:2, Funny)
But some of us plan on coming back: http://www.alcor.org/ [alcor.org]
Re:And in other news... (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm.. stats don't lie (Score:5, Funny)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#Number_of_humans_who_have_ever_lived [wikipedia.org]
Estimates of "the total number of people who have ever lived" published in the 2000s range approximately from 100 to 115 billion (1 E11).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population [wikipedia.org]
The world population is the population of humans on the planet Earth. In 2009, the United Nations estimated the population to reach 7,000,000,000 in 2011;[1] current estimates by the United States Census Bureau put the population at 6,864,700,000.[2]
Math
7/100 or 7/115
it's really only an 93-94% mortality rate so far.. who knows what tomorrow will bring
I'm currently beating the odds......
Re:"Exersize"? (Score:5, Funny)
I was searching the comments to see if someone has already commented on exercizzzze... LOL
Thanks for the update, I was just wondering what you were doing.
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:3, Funny)
Pot calling the kettle black ?
Re:Another brick in the wall... (Score:4, Funny)
What you need is an excuse to go outside and stroll around at regular intervals. Like smoking.
The always relevant IT Crowd [youtube.com]: "You cannot smoke here, they are moving us to a new smoking area."
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:5, Funny)
It's pretty obvious that:
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:4, Funny)
Hey, at least they didn't say exorcise-I'd hate to have to do that on a regular basis.
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:5, Funny)
Immortality, Hmmph!
I won't stand for it!
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:5, Funny)
I have no life -- therefor, I cannot die.
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:3, Funny)
Although English is not mi mother tongue
You don't say.
Re:Another brick in the wall... (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, Aging is mostly caused by breathing Oxygen!
Definitely. If you stop breathing for long enough, you'll stop aging.
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:5, Funny)
Well, as James Brown said, "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." Also, something about some kind of Sex Machine. I think this creed could be adapted to this era of Aeron chairs and teledildonics somehow.
So, what else to do other than sitting? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:3, Funny)
I must read it before submiting
I must read it before submiting
I mast read it before submiting.. darn!
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:5, Funny)
the researchers found that women who sit more than 6 hours a day were 37 percent more likely to die than those who sit less than 3 hours; for men, long-sitters were 17 percent more likely to die
You know... I'm pretty sure everyone is 100% likely to die...
Speak for yourself. My life insurance agent promised me that I will never see a penny of that money.
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Forget the health implications. (Score:3, Funny)
The biggest sitting problem (for Americans, at least) outside of work is that our cities, our jobs, and even our recreation is not really intended for pedestrians.
I think the biggest problem is that "pedestrian" is a bit like "pederast". I'll rather take the car than be confused with one of those.
I knew you were killing me slashdot! (Score:4, Funny)
Awesome suicide method! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Don't sit down = Immortality (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, at least they didn't say exorcise-I'd hate to have to do that on a regular basis.
You hate it? How do you think the ghosts feel. You're dead, you got nothing better to do than sit around some old house, looking at pictures of someone else's family, and finally you just say
Screw it! I'm bored as hell, so I'm just going to move that figurine, right there. Haha, that'll mess with 'em.
Oh, they moved it back. Man, I miss my old pony...and being alive. I think the thing I miss most about life is talking to people without them freaking out. They say "oh how I miss uncle Jacob", but all it takes is a little "I miss you too", and suddenly it's all "get a priest this", and "go back to hell that". Why can't I have a cool family that just smokes pot and breaks out the Ouija board. Sure, I can't get a contact buzz, but the pot makes it so much easier to mess with them. I don't even have to move their keys, I just have to wait for them to forget where they left them.
Then some superstitious old perv comes in, starts splashing water everywhere, and suddenly you're flying back to hell. It's not entirely fair.