They call it the Goldilocks Day. The perfect balance of everything, that is, sitting, standing, exercising and sleeping.
According to the latest research, as summarised on the ABC News website, “new Australian research published in Diabetologica provides an hour-by-hour breakdown of daily activities to reduce the risk of cardiometabolic diseases, which include disorders of the heart, diabetes and chronic kidney disease.”
The study looked at thousands of people and included numerous measurements of health including waist circumference, blood glucose and insulin levels, cholesterol, blood pressure and triglycerides (a type of fat found in blood) .
The average Australian sits for about eight hours a day but desk-based office workers can spend around 10 hours seated.
And most of us only get two hours of physical activity each day (that’s light and moderate activity combined), which is about half of what the study recommends.
Light physical activity includes slow walking or doing chores, and moderate to vigorous activity can be brisk walking, jogging or difficult tasks like shovelling.
