ST. PAUL, Minn., July 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Most Americans have to sit all day at work and they despise it. A new survey commissioned by Ergotron, a global manufacturer of digital display mounting, furniture, and mobility products including sit-stand desks, found that nearly 70 percent of full time American workers hate sitting, yet 86 percent do it all day, every day. When they do get up, more than half (56 percent) use getting food as an excuse.
On top of all of that sitting at work, and for meals and commuting, the respondents:
Sit another 1-2 hours while watching TV (36 percent)
Game another 1-2 hours (10 percent)
Lounge for 1-2 hours for things such as reading (25 percent)
Use their home computer for 1-2 hours (29 percent)
In total, Americans are sitting an average of 13 hours a day and sleeping an average of 8 hours resulting in a sedentary lifestyle of around 21 hours a day. While Americans know about the importance of exercise, only 31 percent go to the gym, and 56 percent devote less than $10 per month to staying active. However, 96 percent would be willing to stand more to improve their health or life expectancy, and 30 percent even responded that they would rather go without coffee for a week to stand.
The survey also found that the vast majority (93 percent) didn’t know what “Sitting Disease” is, but 74 percent believe that sitting too much could lead to an early death. The term “Sitting Disease” has been coined by the scientific community and is commonly used when referring to metabolic syndrome and the ill-effects of an overly sedentary lifestyle. Just last month, the American Medical Association adopted a policy recognizing potential risks of prolonged sitting and encouraging employers, employees and others to make available alternatives to sitting.
“Research is showing links between sedentary lifestyles and diabetes, several types of cancer, obesity and cardiovascular disease,” said Jane Payfer, an Ergotron spokesperson. “There is a significant opportunity for people to change their behavior in the workplace and for corporations to change their cultures. Standing increases energy, burns extra calories, tones muscles, improves posture, increases blood flow, reduces blood sugar levels and ramps up metabolism. Frequently overlooked, standing more is the simplest, easiest change someone can make.”
This is Ergotron’s second survey in three years on the effects of sitting for office workers.
美国人平均每天坐13个小时，平均睡8个小时，导致每天约21小时的久坐的生活方式。虽然美国人知道锻炼的重要性，但只有31%的人去健身房，56%的人每月花不到10美元来保持活跃。然而，96%的人愿意多站一段时间来改善自己的健康或预期寿命，30%的人甚至回应说，他们宁愿一个星期不喝咖啡。
除了所有坐在工作和吃饭和上下班，受访者：
看电视时再坐1-2小时（36%）
再玩1-2小时（10%）
阅读等事项的休息室为 1-2 小时（25%）
使用家庭计算机 1-2 小时（29%）
调查还发现，绝大多数人（93%）不知道什么是”坐病”，但74%的人认为坐得太多会导致早逝。”坐病”一词是由科学界创造的，在提到代谢综合征和过度久坐的生活方式的不良影响时常用。就在上个月，美国医学协会通过了一项政策，承认长时间坐着的潜在风险，并鼓励雇主、雇员和其他人提供坐姿的替代方案。
“研究表明久坐的生活方式和糖尿病、几种癌症、肥胖症和心血管疾病之间有联系，”埃尔戈特龙发言人简·佩弗说。”人们有一个重要机会来改变他们在工作场所的行为，公司也有机会改变他们的文化。站立增加能量，燃烧额外的卡路里，调色肌肉，改善姿势，增加血液流动，降低血糖水平，增加新陈代谢。经常被忽视，站得更多是一个人可以做出的最简单、最简单的改变。
这是埃尔戈特龙三年来第二次对上班族的坐姿影响进行调查。
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