The Effects of Living a Sedentary Lifestyle
The Effects of Living a Sedentary Lifestyle
A sedentary lifestyle is one of many consequences. A person who lives a sedentary lifestyle often does not fully understand these consequences until it is too late. But what are these consequences and how do they affect the way we live? Living a sedentary lifestyle not only has a negative effect on one’s health but also determines the way one lives their life. The word sedentary means being use to resting a great deal and exercising little. Therefore, someone who lives a sedentary lifestyle neglects to participate in physical activity and does things that only require minimal physical stress. It is an environmental disease with many signs and symptoms that can be potentially deadly. Some people live sedentary lifestyles because they are lazy, while others work a job that requires them to be sedentary. Our bodies are designed to move, yet technology and science have made it possible to do almost anything sitting. Moving is becoming redundant and even though there are opportunities everywhere for people to use physical activity in their daily lives they are not. As Melanie Warner explains, people can make the decisions about how to [live] for themselves”, but they are choosing the easy way to do things over getting exercise. A sedentary lifestyle can be influenced by a number of causes. Not enough physical activity leads to poor health in the later years of a person’s life. When a person does not use their body, muscles are not stimulated causing poor circulation of blood, and when blood does not get circulated there is a higher risk of many diseases. A sedentary lifestyle is mainly influenced by different forms of entertainment like video games, television, and computers. Americans are spending more time in front of the television than ever these days and the number of obese people continues to rise showing an obvious connection. When a person sits down to watch television their intention is most likely
A sedentary lifestyle is one of many consequences. A person who lives a sedentary lifestyle often does not fully understand these consequences until it is too late. But what are these consequences and how do they affect the way we live? Living a sedentary lifestyle not only has a negative effect on one’s health but also determines the way one lives their life. The word sedentary means being use to resting a great deal and exercising little. Therefore, someone who lives a sedentary lifestyle neglects to participate in physical activity and does things that only require minimal physical stress. It is an environmental disease with many signs and symptoms that can be potentially deadly. Some people live sedentary lifestyles because they are lazy, while others work a job that requires them to be sedentary. Our bodies are designed to move, yet technology and science have made it possible to do almost anything sitting. Moving is becoming redundant and even though there are opportunities everywhere for people to use physical activity in their daily lives they are not. As Melanie Warner explains, people can make the decisions about how to [live] for themselves”, but they are choosing the easy way to do things over getting exercise. A sedentary lifestyle can be influenced by a number of causes. Not enough physical activity leads to poor health in the later years of a person’s life. When a person does not use their body, muscles are not stimulated causing poor circulation of blood, and when blood does not get circulated there is a higher risk of many diseases. A sedentary lifestyle is mainly influenced by different forms of entertainment like video games, television, and computers. Americans are spending more time in front of the television than ever these days and the number of obese people continues to rise showing an obvious connection. When a person sits down to watch television their intention is most likely
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