The Midweek Sun

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- BY SUN REPORTER BY RACHEL RADITSEBE

Scientists say that if you work out for 30 minutes a day but spend the rest of your time sitting down, you could be at risk of various health problems including heart disease and stroke.

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lead author of the study, the results differs. If you are like most people, your upper show that a single 30-minute daily workout “might not be enough” to alleviate the downsides of prolonged

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The team concluded that if people exercise but also sit for the rest of the day, it is almost as if they had not worked out at all.The lesson from the research is that in addition to a quick workout, you need to move lightly and often, for example by cleaning, taking the stairs, just not remaining seated all day, all night. people move or don’t move throughout the day and the impact on their health.

The World Health Organisati­on (WHO) advises people to work out moderately for a minimum of 30 minutes most days of the week. It defines physical activity as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that require energy expenditur­e. That means all movement including

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