Sitting can sabotage you even if you are young and healthy

Millennials now spend more than 60 hours per week sitting, potentially boosting their heart disease risk and accelerating other signs of aging, according to new University of Colorado Boulder and University of California Riverside research. Prolonged sitting impacts your health even if you are young.

The study of more than 1,000 former or current Colorado residents, including 730 twins, is among the first to explore how prolonged sitting impacts health measures like cholesterol and body mass index (BMI).

The minimum recommended guidelines for young adults, about 20 minutes per day of moderate exercise—isn’t enough to counter the hazards of spending most waking hours in a seat.

“Young adults tend to think they are impervious to the impacts of aging. They figure, ‘My metabolism is great, I don’t have to worry until I’m in my 50s or 60s,'” said Bruellman. “But what you do during this critical time of life matters.”

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