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Apple headquarters employees stand up, what is this new fashion?
Lack of physical activity can cause health damage. A large study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2015 found that sedentary is associated with poor health outcomes, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes, even after adjustments to physical activity. And cancer. Sedentary behavior also increases the risk of death, whether it is heart disease or other medical problems.
According to foreign media reports, Apple’s Tim Cook announced that the company has provided a standing desk for the 12,000 employees of the new headquarters (Apple Park). Apple is a stylish IT company. What kind of new fashion does this behavior represent?
Tim Cook said in an interview: “Sedentary is a new type of cancer.” This is the reason for Apple’s move – to reduce the health risks of employees.
نعم, modern people are less active than ever because of the convenience of technology and lifestyle changes.
According to the American Heart Association, sedentary jobs have increased by 83% since 1950. Now, jobs that require physical activity account for less than 20% of the US workforce, about half less than in 1960.
بالإضافة, even if you do 30 minutes of physical activity every day, it is important to do something else at other times. على سبيل المثال, some office workers have the habit of exercising and will run a few kilometers a day, but otherwise they don’t move much: they are not sitting in the commute, they are sitting in front of the computer in the office. This is easy to sit for more than 10 hours a day.
Although studies have shown that a larger amount of exercise can reduce some risks; however, even for people with a large amount of exercise, sitting for about 10 hours seems to be a threshold. Studies have shown that if you sit for more than 10 hours, your cardiovascular risk will rise.