#sedentary-lifestyle

#sedentary-lifestyle

I'm struggling with something I feel guilty even saying out loud: Watching my parents age is breaking my heart. I'm incredibly lucky as my parents had me when they were young. My mom just turned 60, and my dad is right behind her. But despite their age, they seem so much older than they should be. They give everything they have to their jobs during the day, and then come home only to collapse in front of the TV, eating DoorDash night after night.

While the average age for being diagnosed with heart disease in the United States is typically in the mid-60s for men and early 70s for women, the factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol levels, can start years, sometimes decades, earlier. The factors that can lead to heart problems, such as clogged arteries, can begin as early as childhood and gradually worsen, research has shown.

Creator @haliijama said, "Doing glutes at the gym just to find out about office chair butt. Soooo, sitting eight hours a day is reversing it?"