Morbidly obese people tend to do less than 2500 steps. The remaining 99 I spend a percentage of their time sitting on them – results from research published in the pages of “Clinical Cardiology”. There is talk of morbid obesity, when the BMI is from 40 do 49. As shown by research by scientists at William Beaumont Hospital, such people perform less than 2500 steps (recommended activity is 10 000 steps a day), and 99 time when they are awake, spend sitting down. For the most obese, lying and sitting take over 23 hours and 51 minutes, and walking a little over 8 minutes. The most active of the surveyed people was walking “until” By 28 minutes a day, however, two people did not move at all from the chair or armchair. To study the activity of obese people in their “natural environment”- home – scientists equipped them with sensors, constantly measuring physical activity, caloric expenditure and movements performed by 72 hours. Then research was carried out. cardiovascular fitness – respiratory.
