[Article] Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death

4 months ago by BrikoX to c/interestingshare

Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviour

CorrectAlias 19 points 4 months ago

These findings should be interpreted with caution because the study cannot prove causality

I do wonder if this is more to do with sedentary people having other bad habits that cause cancer, rather than just being sedentary.

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reallykindasorta 10 points 4 months ago

Am I reading this correctly in that they’re basing participant activity levels off of a single week of activity (wearing an accelerometer) in the mid 2010s and then following their health records since then to see if they got cancer or not? Seems rather dubious to me

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psx_crab 6 points 4 months ago

Not sure if stupid headline or stupid conclusion from a study. If that's true, human won't have squishy butt to sit down for long hour. Being sedentary is not the same as sitting for longer than 30min at a time, a manual labourer can sit for more than 30min for resting while the 8 hours of their day is heavy work, kinda crazy to link both thing together, kinda irresponsible too.

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markz 5 points 4 months ago

Guess I am dead

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blarghly 3 points 4 months ago

This week in "people who care about their health have better health outcomes"...

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morto 1 point 4 months ago

Sitting no more than 30 min feels more like a case of extreme anxiety and lack of concentration than someone in good health