Really Standing 6 Hours Can Burn Calories?

Many ways to lose weight to be ideal. A study even shows that by standing can burn calories in the body.

When standing according to the page Indianexpress.com mentioned calories burned two times more than when sitting. Try standing for six hours a day to help you lose weight.

The researchers found that standing can burn 0.15 calories (kcal) per minute more than sitting. By replacing the sitting position to stand six hours a day, an adult weighing 143.3 pounds (64.5 kg) will burn 54 extra calories (kcal).

Standing not only burns more calories, but also the muscle activity associated with the risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes becomes lower.

"Standing not only burns more calories, but also muscle activity associated with lower risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes, so standing can control weight," said a professor at Rochester Mayo Clinic Francisco Lopez-Jimenez.


Lopez also added it is important to avoid sitting for hours at a time. Standing for a long time may make many people feel uncomfortable and tired, especially for those work behind the desk.

"But for people who often sit for 12 hours a day, by cutting the duration of sitting time to half, will provide many benefits," said Lopez-Jimenez.

In a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the team analyzed 46 studies with 1,184 respondents. The participants are on average 33 years old, 60 percent of men with an average weight of 143.3 pounds.

Changing the habit of sitting by standing may be able to change your habits, but this can help reduce the risk of being overweight.

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