TV's can kill. Should PC's have a health warning on them ?

[Whitey]

This related to watching TV , but i guess sitting in front of a screen is no different.

Sitting down for long periods stops the body from using its muscles and adequately processing sugars and fats, Dunstan said.

The findings come from a six-year study into the viewing habits of some 8,800 Australians which stripped out the influence of other health factors such as age, sex, smoking, weight and exercise.

Australians watch an average of three hours a day, said Dunstan, a researcher with the Melbourne-based Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.

The study found that even people who exercised regularly were potentially hurting their bodies by sitting down for extended periods, he said.

[news.smh.com.au...]

Should more be done to promote healthy living with warnings about PC use ?

[BeeDeeDubbleU]

I wonder how much time the researcher spent sitting on his ass researching this? ;)

[vivalasvegas]

I have a desk whose height I can adjust so I try to mix sitting and standing while working.

[Old_Honky]

I suspect standing still too long will have a similar effect.

The ideal and surprisingly green answer is to have your workstation mounted on the axis of an old fashioned treadmill (the ones like a big wheel where you walk inside it) and power everything from current generated by you moving the wheel. Then you work as you walk and end up as fit as a butchers dog.

[StoutFiles]

I've always wanted one of those swiss ball chairs for work....supposed to strengthen your legs and improve your posture.

I already try to get up every hour and walk around for 5 minutes to loosen up.

[rocknbil]

LOL . . . I thought we'd be discussing radiation. :-)

Computer wise, over the years I could almost feel myself dying and my body degrading. At the end of a day, my hips ache like concrete, patootie feels like the business end of a sledgehammer even with a good chair, wrist aches from repetitive mousing (even with an ergonomic mouse,) fingers turn to wretched claws, the neck transmutes into a steel rod of pain, and I could feel gravity taking it's toll, packing all the junk food into neat little pockets that first made their appearance at the lower back where I couldn't see them, making their way around the front for a robust pear shaped figure.

Sooner or later, TV or computer, you have to wake up and give your body what it needs. People who ignore this are the ones you see looking for the one pill solution and wind up on [name your TV drama show]. I rolled back my body clock by an hour, wife bought a Wii Fit, it's a part of my every day routine now. 1 hour on the board, 1 mile run (with a blind dog who I use as an excuse to exercise.)

I still ache at the end of a day though. :-)