Americans are spending more time sitting than they were ever before

Americans are spending more time sitting than they were ever beforeAmericans are spending more time sitting than they were ever beforeIf you feel like youre strapped to a chair all day, you probably are, according to a new study.Americans spend nearly a third of their day sitting down, taking life from a seat with adolescents leading the pack. US teens are sitting around eight hours while adults sit almost 6 hours a day, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreResearchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that both adults and teens have increased their seated time by nearly an hour a day from 2007 to 2016. The compiled data included school and workloads, but the study also found that Americans of all ages have increased their computer time.Its very concerning when theres such an increase in sit ting time on a national level across all age groups, especially taking into consideration the health risks that come with this, Dr. Yin Cao, the author of the study conducted by Washington Univesity in St. Louis, said, via the Guardian.There are medical risks attributed to sitting down for too long. A study published by the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2018 claimed too much leisure time increased your chances of death from multiple causes including cancer, stroke and other ailments.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people