Sitting for long hours can put your health at risk; what experts want you to know | The Times of India

At the end of the study, the researchers established four distinct groups of people, depending on how much they moved throughout the day.

Of the participants, 1,173 were “active couch potatoes,” 1,199 were “sedentary light movers,” 694 were “sedentary exercisers,” and 636 were “movers.”

Active couch potatoes and sedentary light movers both exercise for 30 minutes per day and sit the rest of the day. However, sentinel light movers were 40% more active than active couch potatoes.

Sedentary exercisers sat for long hours but engaged in an hour of daily exercise.

The exercisers, on the other hand, not only exercised for an hour, but also engaged in two additional hours of movement during their daily activities.

After comparing all these groups, the researchers found that the active couch potatoes had the worst blood sugar control, body fat percentage and cholesterol levels.