Whats Wrong With a Sedentary Lifestyle?
While many of us are overweight, few of us like to exercise or follow a diet program. Many more people are becoming couch potatoes. We prefer the sedentary lifestyle of doing as little as we can. We spend way too much time watching television. We tend to eat almost constantly while we are watching. We’re eating many more high calorie snack foods without regard to portion size. We also eat a lot of low fat foods not realizing that low fat does not mean low calorie. We take in thousands of calories and expend very few of them. A 2004 study showed that 20% of all deaths age 35 and over can be attributed to our sedentary lifestyle. We are more vulnerable to cardiovascular disease and a host of other problems than are our active counterparts. The Paradox of Progress The introduction of new technologies in transportation and communications has made our lives easier and more comfortable. Unfortunately, they have also lessened our physical activities. Once we walked a lot. The average person w
