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Writers are in a sedentary profession. Most of us these days do the majority of our writing at a desk on a computer screen. In many professions, we spend a lot of time sitting. And, according to a physician who spoke on this yesterday, it’s contributing (about 75%) to making us sick and killing us. What exactly did he tag it? Inactivity.

We eat too much, eat the wrong things (those pumped full of sugar and chemicals) and we don’t exercise.

When I heard this, I wanted to groan. For a long time, I embraced a “never deliberately sweat” attitude, which is bad, but when you live in the south, remember that there are about five months a year when walking outside is like getting slapped in the face with a wet washcloth. If you live here, in the long summer, you stand still outside and you sweat bucketsful. It is in spite of this that I love the south, which has many wonderful qualities, but not sweating isn’t among them unless you play hermit and never go outside.

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2008-10-07 9:00 AM Why We're Sick and Getting Sicker Previous Entry :: Next Entry Share on Facebook	WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... Writers are in a sedentary profession. Most of us these days do the majority of our writing at a desk on a computer screen. In many professions, we spend a lot of time sitting. And, according to a physician who spoke on this yesterday, it’s contributing (about 75%) to making us sick and killing us. What exactly did he tag it? Inactivity. We eat too much, eat the wrong things (those pumped full of sugar and chemicals) and we don’t exercise. When I heard this, I wanted to groan. For a long time, I embraced a “never deliberately sweat” attitude, which is bad, but when you live in the south, remember that there are about five months a year when walking outside is like getting slapped in the face with a wet washcloth. If you live here, in the long summer, you stand still outside and you sweat bucketsful. It is in spite of this that I love the south, which has many wonderful qualities, but not sweating isn’t among them unless you play hermit and never go outside. READ MORE Tags: illness, lifestyle, diet, fitness, inaction, sedentary lifestyle, authors, writing, novelists, writers, creative writing, reading, books, activity Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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