Sitting All Day Can Effect Your Health

Oh no !!  Do you sit all day at an office and worry about its effect on your weight and health, take a few breaks.

That's the advice from a new study that finds that people who sit for extended periods of time without taking short breaks are at higher risk for heart disease than those who take more frequent timeouts to stand up and walk around.

The cardiovascular risk that stems from remaining sedentary for prolonged periods of time (at the office, for example) manifests itself in the form of larger waists, higher blood pressure, higher levels of triglycerides, increased body inflammation and lower levels of "good" cholesterol, the authors noted.

What's more, the negative impact of such lengthy bouts of inactivity seems to apply even to those who routinely go to the gym. If you are reading this and your sitting down, Stand up.