Ehh, I don't plan to live long anyway. I'd rather not have kids, I doubt I'll get married so dying at around 60 due to spending too much time in front of a screen and eating way too much pizza...I'm alright with that.
News Flash: Sitting on Your Ass All Day Isn't Healthy
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This is the sad reality I face every day from my 235lb plateau. It's not a choice of gaming or life for me, as gaming is the life. About the best thing I can do is cut back on fatty foods and (despite the study saying it's useless) try to get some exercise once and awhile. May I be reincarnated in a body built for computer use, as that's all I'm particularly interested in.
I do it, and actually eat at McDonalds 4-5 times a week since I work there and it is even cheaper, and I'm 20 and weight about 107lbs and I'd say decently healthy. I can't really run, but never could... my lungs being messed up don't help much either...dex-dex said:
True, statistic findings are quite popular in this day and age, but there's actually a whole lot that can go wrong with it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse_of_statistics#Types_of_misuse]. Though it only takes one of those things to make the way this news story is being presented to be an exaggeration: correlation does not imply causation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation]. Because all statistics are is correlations, no true scientist would attempt to use statistics to imply there is an underlying cause at work. To say, "sitting around on your butt causes you to die young," is scientifically unsound. At most, they may use statistics as a basis to spin hypotheses, "sitting around on your butt has a statistical correlation that suggests a likelihood it may cause you to die young, so lets run some experiments and see if we can establish if that's true." The news agencies don't see the difference, however, and neither do the majority of their viewers, so hey, big scoop!tautologico said:
Personally, I think any study that claims, "it doesn't matter if you exercise, you're 50% likelier to die if you use a computer x hours a day" is massively poorly conducted. Of course regular exercise helps, any amount of exercise, no matter what your lifestyle - it's stupid to suggest otherwise, and it's pretty likely that your exercising or not is going to be a factor on which side of the 50% you land on. Further, they completely cut out vital factors of what kind of exercise, diet, ect. Not to mention if you throw in "50% likely to die of any cause" that includes weird stuff like car accidents and being hit by meteors that shouldn't have anything to do with your lifestyle. If anyone took a really close look at that study, I wager you'd see none of those claims being made, at least if the scientists who conducted it value their reputation at all.
A lot of empty numbers that most of the time don't mean anything. Besides, your logic is flawed. Just because someone used statistic research to make something I use doesn't mean I should stop using it if I don't appreciate statistics. If I need something, or if I like something I will buy it and I wouldn't even think about any statistic research someone did to make it. There are some accurate statistic researches but those are usually about opinions of various people. These "scientific" statistics are just silly.tautologico said:
I really find it a bit hard to belief that doing the right amount of exercise does absolutely nothing to help break down the extra fats built up by sitting. Technically this also means commuting to work gives you heart attacks. An hour commute each way so 2 hours a day is 20 hours if you work a five day week. You would only have 3 other hours to just sit down and read/watch/tele/internet that doesn't even include time spent working on Computers.
EDIT: In fact I just realised this means that going to school is a health risk.
EDIT: In fact I just realised this means that going to school is a health risk.
I agree with this statement, nightstands work perfectly for putting your laptop on.veloper said:
Disclaimer: this research was commissioned and paid for by your mom. "Go get some fresh air god damitt!"
Well, what if you're in a wheelchair?
I guess you're pretty shit out of luck then, aren't ya.
BREAKING NEWS: Sitting down can KILL YOU!!!
I guess you're pretty shit out of luck then, aren't ya.
BREAKING NEWS: Sitting down can KILL YOU!!!
The strangest part of this for me is the fact that people find this news strange. It's pretty common knowledge that living a sedentary lifestyle is not good for you.
Fun biological fact: Sitting around is bad for you digestion and your intestines can literally shut down. Body movement is important for every single biological process in the body. One of the most important being bowel movements.
No one should find this news to be either new or surprising.
Fun biological fact: Sitting around is bad for you digestion and your intestines can literally shut down. Body movement is important for every single biological process in the body. One of the most important being bowel movements.
No one should find this news to be either new or surprising.
Well in my country boy-o were fatter than all of you, AUSTRALIA!mad825 said:
OT: I love how everyone is being so sarcastic about this. But still, who cares if it's bad for you, practically everything in a modern society either has a chance of causing you cancer, or is bad for you.
so, no matter how much you try to balance your lifestyle, you're still screwed?
this study is overly pessimistic, but they took one of the least healthiest groups on the planet as their sample group, so this is probably, like most of these studies, totally bunk
this study is overly pessimistic, but they took one of the least healthiest groups on the planet as their sample group, so this is probably, like most of these studies, totally bunk