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Post subject: ‘Sofa ( couch) Bottom Syndrome’.
 Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 02:12 PM
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A national poll of 2,235 UK adults commissioned by Virgin Active has revealed the British public is spending too much time on the sofa, which could result in what the fitness club has identified as ‘Sofa Bottom Syndrome’. This condition affects postural muscles, and can lead to a host of posture-related health and back problems.
Head of fitness Christian Mason says: “Considering that many people have desk jobs, which require them to sit for seven to eight hours a day, it is alarming that by factoring in sofa time as well, a vast number of British adults will spend a total of 63 waking hours a week sitting down.”
The findings don’t even take into account a morning commute in the car or meal times, so they may only be revealing a conservative estimate. And what are we doing while sitting on our sofas? Predictably, channel surfing, watching DVD’s and playing video games.
Across the UK, women were found to spend more time on their sofas than men, racking up a national average of nearly 18 hours a week, an hour more than men.
Most alarmingly, the third biggest group of self-confessed couch potatoes is aged 18-24, spending an average of nearly 17 hours a week on the sofa. But it’s 35-44-year-olds who are the best at not being couch potatoes, spending nearer to 16 hours per week vegging out.
http://style.uk.msn.com/wellbeing/mindb ... id=6065014 |
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Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 03:50 PM
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So that's why my back hurts!!!!!  |
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"I've hardly seen you at all this episode" -- Denny Crane
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Posted: Sep 11, 2007 - 11:21 AM
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People never believed me, when i said women spend all day at home sitting watching soap operas, now thanks to this study they might just listen to me .
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