{"id":464,"date":"2015-04-22T15:24:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/hinsdale\/?p=464"},"modified":"2018-07-20T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:56:14","slug":"can-more-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/20\/illinois\/hinsdale\/blog\/can-more-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Can More Activity Can Reduce Risk of Disability?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_568\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-568\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-568\" src=\"\/20\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/12\/seniors_walking-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"Take a Walk!\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take a Walk!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">As a certified physical therapist, my staff and I understand the importance of staying active as we age, so our health aides encourage our clients to increase their activity during the day.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This becomes all the more important when you realize that adults 60 and over, spend an average of two-thirds of their waking time being sedentary &#8212; roughly nine hours a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Now a new study in the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Journal of Physical Activity and Health<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i>of more than 2,200 people, as reported by USA Today, found that every additional hour adults over age 60 spend sitting increases by 50% their risk of being disabled for activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and walking.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The study suggests that health problems associated with sitting disease are mounting. Research has linked too much sitting to increased risk of heart failure, type 2 diabetes and death from cancer, heart disease and stroke. It may affect mood and creativity. One study showed that if most people spent fewer than three hours a day sitting, it would add two years to the average life expectancy in this country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">USA Today notes that the study participants wore accelerometers (motion sensors) during their waking hours for one week during the three-year survey period. This measured the time they spent being sedentary, doing light physical activity such as pushing a grocery cart, doing moderately vigorous physical activity such as brisk walking, or vigorous physical activity such as running.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Among the findings out Tuesday in the \u2022 6.2% of participants met the government&#8217;s physical activity guidelines, which advise adults to get at least 2\u00bd hours of moderate-intensity physical activity each week, such as brisk walking, or 1\u00bc hours of a vigorous-intensity activity, such as jogging or swimming laps, or a combination of the two types.<\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN\">We encourage caregivers to help their elder family members increase their level of activity and we can create an exercise regimen to accomplish this.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Our home aides also can assist in motivating seniors to stay more active.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/naperville\">assistinghands.com\/Naperville<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN\">Richard Ueberfluss,PT<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a certified physical therapist, my staff and I understand the importance of staying active as we age, so our health aides encourage our clients to increase their activity during the day.\u00a0\u00a0This becomes all the more important when you realize that adults 60 and over, spend an average of two-thirds of their waking time being sedentary &#8212; roughly nine hours&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,10],"tags":[37,9,30,31,16],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise","category-health","tag-bed-rest","tag-caregiver","tag-diabetes","tag-exercise","tag-senior-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can More Activity Can Reduce Risk of Disability? 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