Lawyers, Police Officers, Teachers More Likely to Be Overweight

วันศุกร์ที่ 27 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2552

If you have an office assistant, waiters, nurses, lawyers, policeman, teacher or factory worker, then you are prone to weight gain, according to a recent study by the American Council on Exercise (ACE). Researchers looked at on-the-job physical activity for ten most common occupations.

Most people are not aware that their time spent moving during a normal day. ACE researchers wanted to encourage them to exercise more.

All participants were assigned a basic pedometer and hadthey wear during working hours for three consecutive days. The subjects went to work, as usual. They were asked to record on a daily log of the total distance completed, the number of steps and a summary of the duties they performed on that day.

Secretaries to go policemen, teachers, lawyers, and fewer steps, and the distance to other jobs. Secretaries were found to be daily on average only 1.7 miles walk. Postman and trustees accumulated more trip.Postman has the first place on the list with nearly 8 miles, almost twice the Shape Up America's minimum recommendation.

Workplace physical activity varies considerably across most occupations, the study showed.

For typical office workers and small lifestyle adjustments can from an increased physical activity. A walk to lunch, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, walking the course with not a car, while small jobs such as provision of documents orMessages to someone in person rather than sending them by someone else, or by e-mail or phone, it would really help.

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