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Evaluation of a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and heart disease

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Evaluation of a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and heart disease

A new study in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (BMI between 40.0 and 49.9).

The results show that sedentary people proved that for more than 99 percent of the day and on average, walked less than 2500 steps per day, which is well below the guidelines of a healthy lifestyle which includes about 10,000 steps per day.

The results provide important links between obesity, poor fitness and cardiovascular disease.

The study used a precision sensor in the body continuously for measuring physical activity, caloric expenditure and the minute movement for a period of 72 hours within their home environments. (more…)

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