A new study suggests that going to the gym everyday might not do a lot to reduce your risk of death if you are a couch potato, and never get off of it. It is suggested that public health messages should be promoted to the fullest in order to give a jump start to more physical activity and less sitting.

Another approach to this heading is that maybe people who’re thin and more active than the obese are not that active due to their rigorous workouts. Maybe the only reason why they’re so much more active is because they’re thin and not fat, which explains that for a person who’s of more than 200 pounds, it will take him more time to do the same amount of work that a 130 pound person can do. Another way of reducing ones chances of possible death can also be by not doing things that aggravate it in the first place. For example, taking care of your health, taking proper meals, quitting smoking, not eating poisonous foods etc. One should take in a much healthier diet like fresh vegetables and fruits that have fiber and other things which mainly fulfill the requirements of the nutrients that a normal human beings body needs.

Apart from these approaches, there were different studies that were carried out on this point of notion in order to get further information in this regard. It was discovered that women are associated with higher risk of morality in terms of leisure time spent being a couch potato. So studies proved that those Females who sat lesser than three hours a day were 37 percent less likely to die during the time period as compared to those who spent more than six hours per day sitting. At the same time Males who sat more than six hours a day were 18 percent more likely to die than those who sat lesser than three hours per day. The results the chances were stronger for cardiovascular disease mortality than for cancer mortality.

With a lack of bodily commotion, when collectively put together, the connection was even stronger.48 percent and 94 percent, men and women respectively, are more likely to die during the period of study than those who are highly active and sat less.