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New Reports of a Health Risk to Authors

October 16, 2012 By Mercy Pilkington 2 Comments

Kelly Stone Gamble, author of the upcoming title Dead in Deacon (December 2012), can spend as many as ten hours at a time seated at her desk while writing.

According to a new article by BBC’s health reports, authors may face a deadly health risk associated with their livelihoods: too much time working in front of a computer screen or seated at a desk. The report stated that people who spend too much time sitting down face higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, and other ailments that can lead to death.

In order to write the report, researchers sifted through eighteen existing studies that tracked the health and habits of over 800,000 participants. Part of the habits that lead to a sedentary lifestyle included things like long car commutes, office jobs that involve hours spent sitting at a desk, followed by too much time watching television.

According to the report, getting a minimum suggested amount of exercise each week isn’t enough to counter the effects of a job that requires individuals to sit for long periods of time.

For authors who are concerned about the amount of time spent sitting in front of a computer, the BBC did offer some guidelines for health related to the risk factor:

“Prof Stuart Biddle, of Loughborough University, who also worked on the study, said: ‘There are many ways we can reduce our sitting time, such as breaking up long periods at the computer at work by placing our laptop on a filing cabinet. We can have standing meetings, we can walk during the lunch break, and we can look to reduce TV viewing in the evenings by seeking out less sedentary behaviours.’”

The study went on to suggest that increasing physical activity is necessary to preventing these adverse health conditions in people whose jobs keep them seated for as much as eight hours a day.

Mercy Pilkington (2165 Posts)

Mercy Pilkington is a Senior Editor for Good e-Reader. She is also the CEO and founder of a hybrid publishing and consulting company.


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  • Suzi Shumaker

    good advice, thank you. Shout out to Kelly Gamble for her upcoming book – way to go!

  • yanli937

    tinyurl.com/8rezfs7  

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