Definition:
Sedentary lifestyle: A person who lives a sedentary lifestyle may colloquially be known as a couch potato. Sedentary activities include sitting, reading, watching television and computer use for much of the day with little or no vigorous physical exercise. (Ref: Wikipedia)

Diseases:
Thirty-five known conditions are caused by physical inactivity; they include:

1. Arthritis pain (joint paint)
2. Arrhythmias (any disturbance in the rhythm of the heartbeat)
3. Breast cancer
4. Colon cancer
5. Congestive heart failure
6. Depression
7. Gallstone disease (an abnormal stonelike mass)
8. Heart attack
9. Hypertension (elevation of the blood pressure)
10. Obesity
11. Osteoporosis (a disorder in which the bones become increasingly porous, brittle, and subject to fracture)
12. Peripheral vascular disease(a type of occlusive disease that affects the arteries outside the heart and brain)
13. Respiratory problems
14. Type 2 diabetes
15. Sleep apnea and stroke.

In Numbers:
Maybe the following statistics (applied in the United States) will shed light on the importance of incorporating fitness into your life:

1. 20% of all deaths of people 35 and older were attributed to a lack of physical activity.( That’s more deaths than can be attributed to smoking)
2. In the United States about 300,000 deaths occur annually due to inactivity and poor dietary habits.
3. Nearly 60 million Americans have a form of heart or blood vessel disease.
4. 60% of American adults fail to engage in suggested amounts of exercise.Sedentary lifestyle kills 2600 Americans daily.
5. The predicted number of people that will die from chronic disease in the next decade is 388 million worldwide.
6. Looking at specific diseases, the risk of dying from cancer increased 45% for men and 28% for women due to lack of physical activity.
7. The risk of dying from respiratory ailments was 92% higher for men and 75% higher for women.
8. The risk of dying from heart disease was 52% higher for men and 28% higher for women.

Solution:
Many of my friends below 30 (closed ones) are facing fast heart beats, hyperextension, high tension, sleep apnea…. One of them, is my cousin.
I visited him before he went to the doctor and asked him: are you still training, running or at least making any simple activity? The FAMOUS answer of course was “I don’t have time, I work a lot”.
The day after, he went to the doctor, made a blood test and thank God all the results were good. The doctor prescribed him healthy foods and sports. That was his only medication. Now he has found a free time for sports. He entered the gym and regulated his meals. He is now living a healthy lifestyle.

So guys, you only have ONE SINGLE SOLUTION to survive a healthy lifestyle, you need to exercise for 2-3 hours weekly. You can start small with 30 minutes a week and increase gradually.
Don’t wait for the next doctor’s visit or join the growing ranks of sedentary lifestyle statistic. Act now and experience the positive health influence on your life.

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