A balanced diet and physical exercise are the foundations of a healthy lifestyle. There are studies that ensure that we can extend our life expectancy, but it seems that not all exercise is equally beneficial for everyone. The latest research links jobs that naturally require physical activity to premature death.
The workers and field workers, the main victims
It has been a Dutch study that has revealed that people who work in trades with a certain physical demand (workers, warehouse workers, field workers...) have a 18% higher risk of dying prematurely than those sedentary workers.
Here the focus is not on doing sport as such, but on jobs that involve some physical activity. It can be a paradox if we think about the usual recommendations that experts make when it comes to leisure time.
It is logical that spending 8 hours loading and unloading boxes affects our body differently than going out for a 30-minute run. In that leisure time that we dedicate to training, we are improving our physical abilities. However, Performing the same movements for several hours without rest can be dangerous to health.
Workers are not physically prepared
This type of work requires a physical preparation that helps to support the hours of the working day. The problem is that most does not do sports in an idle way, have a less healthy eating and sin in the tobacco and alcohol use.
Although doing physical exercise as training is beneficial for their work, the study shows that they are less willing to dedicate their free time to it.
The research, far from alarming workers, aims to raise awareness of the importance of being in good physical shape. In any job, doing sports benefits us, whether we work actively or if our position is more sedentary.
And, of course, there is an appeal that they not settle for being physically active at work or think that this equates to natural training time.