Earlier humans used to hunt for their living, so they undergo much physical exercise. Nowadays, life becomes simpler and easy. Everything, we need is just a phone call away. This keep-us from physical exercises needed to be healthy.
Sedentary lifestyle
Today's world is just sitting in front of the computer or television and no longer playing active games, walking or cycling as part of daily routine. All of us (including me) want to relax, and most of the time on the bed with TV remote control. Sedentary life is just without or with low physical-activity; it can cause severe health problems.
Risks of Sedentary lifestyle
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 60 to 85 % of the people in this world lead a sedentary lifestyle. In addition, they caution lazy lifestyle could be the most important cause of disability and death.
This sedentary life calls for many diseases such as:
Diabetes, Cholesterol, Hypertensive Hypotension, Eye disorders, Sleep disorders and Depression. I named a few, but the list is endless.
Many studies confirm that, active lifestyle can help prevent about 85% of these diseases. In addition, other study shows, sedentary lifestyle may make us older before time.
Obesity
By consuming more calories, the body stores these excess calories as fat causing Obesity. In addition, low physical-activity leads to improper blood circulation causing many health problems.
Obesity is because of unhealthy eating habits (junk foods) and not getting enough physical-activity. Number of obese people in this world is increasing day by day. Obesity is one of the major risk factor for several diseases.
Stop sedentary lifestyle
Normally most of us come up with a number of excuses for not doing any physical exercise and always trying to find a reason. Don't search for reasons; instead be physically active; even walking for half an hour every day can decrease the risk of having medical conditions. In addition,
- helps to have healthy body weight, strong muscles, and improves sleep quality.
- helps to relieve mental symptoms, such as stress, sadness and anxiety