The activity is measured with the thumb or the index either with the smartphone or with the remote control.
Screens invade cognitive activity, paralyzing it and stimulating anxiety while merging our bodies caught up in their chairs and sofas.
We are inactive.
One of the most primary elements of health risk reduction is the fight once morest inactivity or sedentary lifestyle.
A sedentary lifestyle causes serious illnesses such as overweight, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Not moving, living without sporting activity can be fatal. A recent study highlights the percentage of deaths worldwide from all causes attributable to physical inactivity. It would be 7.2%, which makes physical inactivity a major risk factor for premature mortality for the entire world population. That is more than 4 million deaths out of the 56.9 million people who die on average each year.
Indeed, it is the great scourge of modern life.
Everyone or almost everyone lives in a sedentary lifestyle, takes the bus or taxi, drives a car and forgets that physical activity is an essential component for maintaining unfailing health. Faced with the resurgence of several pathologies linked to the lack of sport. Indeed, many studies carried out in recent years have sounded the alarm to encourage people to pay attention to their lifestyles. For scientists around the world, it is necessary to walk at least 30 minutes a day and to have a regular sports activity. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), physical inactivity is the 10th leading cause of death in the world. It should be noted that “42% of the working population spends an average of 4 hours sitting every day”. Whether at the office, on public transport or at home, it’s always the same ritual. We stay seated, we rarely move and when we get home, we sit in front of the television or connect to our smartphone or tablet. Moreover, many studies have shown that many people around the world spend between 3 and 4 hours at least in front of screens.
For Professor François Carré, cardiologist and sports doctor, a sedentary lifestyle has harmful effects on human health and can be the cause of many diseases. We can cite in the first place pathologies such as diabetes, overweight, musculoskeletal disorders and cancers. In some cases, these cancers can lead to death. But not only, the absence of creativity, projections and the rise of cretinism acquired and sought following on social networks.
For the French professor, walking can play a key role in reducing this type of risk. “Walking for at least an hour a day reduces the risk of breast cancer in women by 14%”, teaches us Professor François Carré. Even better, we learn that walking at night “lowers blood sugar and reduces the risk of diabetes.” Several other specialists go further to encourage the most lazy to walk at a faster pace and to take at least 10,000 steps per day, as stipulated by the recommendation of the World Health Organization. A recent survey showed that 80% of 18-64 year olds do not reach this goal and that 50% of seniors make less than 5,000 a day. Which is very little.
With reference to another study carried out by Canadian and American epidemiologists who wanted to quantify the damage of a sedentary lifestyle, which plays a role in the occurrence of many diseases, the researchers realized that a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, coronary arteries, having a stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, many cancers (bladder, breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, stomach, kidney), depression and dementia. To consolidate the data, the health risks associated with lack of physical activity were assessed in 168 different countries. While the percentages of disease cases attributable to physical inactivity are higher in developed countries, 69% of total deaths associated with physical inactivity occur in middle-income countries, given their population size. The Nordic statistics of today should not be the Southern statistics of tomorrow, an appropriate risk reduction allows us to observe but also to avoid the health impact of post-modernity.
