Sitting for long hours is as dangerous for the body as smoking. You may find it strange, but a recent study has warned about this. Let us tell you about it.

A sedentary lifestyle can cause the risk of many serious diseases including heart disease. Due to which the risk of death has increased. What has been said in the study and how can this danger be overcome?

According to the study, inactivity is a big danger for the body. Sitting for six to eight hours every day can increase the risk of premature death. Sitting for more than eight hours can increase the risk of death by 34 percent. In a way, sitting so much creates a risk similar to smoking 10 to 15 cigarettes a week.

How cigarettes harm the body can be understood in such a way that the risk of cardiovascular disease can increase by 40 to 50 percent in a person who smokes one to five cigarettes daily as compared to a non-smoker.

Distance from physical activity can increase the risk of many serious diseases in the body. Due to which the risk of metabolic syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypothyroidism, coronary artery disease, stroke, cancer, increased cholesterol level, mental health issue can arise.

According to the study, physical activity is necessary to overcome the risk arising from sitting for a long time. If physical activity is done for 60 to 75 minutes daily, then this risk can be overcome.

The warning given in the study about health is somehow a warning to those people who sit for a long time. Among these, the number of professionals who have desk jobs can be high. Like IT industry or others. In which professionals sit for hours during their work.

Many times the biggest problem in physical activity in front of people is lack of time. In such a situation, you can increase your physical activity by making some changes in daily life. For this, neither you need to go to any gym nor any park.