10 years in office: Cancer threat

Sedentary work is dangerous not only to weight gain, as scientists have found. It also doubles the risk of developing bowel cancer.

Even if you regularly visit the gym, it still does not reduce the risk of developing cancer of the intestine, which in sedentary work   twice as high as in the professions that require more physical activity. Unfortunately, the number of cases is growing as the population increases and the so-called "office plankton".

In the UK each year diagnosed bowel cancer   put 40,000 patients, while 16,000 die each year. It is less fatal form of cancer than the tumor of the pancreas, but still it is one of the most difficult. With bowel cancer   About 70% of patients live more than a year after the diagnosis, but only 50% can live longer than two years. However, many patients die quickly enough because they did not know until the last of the terrible disease, and did not pay attention to the symptoms.

The most significant risk factors in bowel cancer   It is a diet rich in red meat and fat, alcohol and lack of physical activity. Genes also play a role. But now researchers from Australia have shown that even with intensive exercise remains high risk of tumors, if a person is engaged sedentary work .

These findings were obtained by experts from the University of Australia, who found that after 10 years of work at the table of the risk of bowel cancer increases by 94%. In addition, people with sedentary work also grows 44% chance of developing colon cancer.

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