According to the Britannica Dictionary, lifestyle means a particular way of living. It’s typically a matter of choice for people rather than compulsion. Where choice comes, comfort comes first! This comfort gives rise to the new lifestyle “Sedentary Lifestyle”; a lifestyle type in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement or exercise. That’s indeed a popular lifestyle that has been covering the huge adult population of India. According to the Hindu News Article published on June 26, 2024, nearly 50% of the Indian adult population is physically inactive and prone to high-risk diseases.
Even a sedentary lifestyle is not just a matter of choice but it’s born by compulsion. How? The majority of the adult population is doing desk jobs with laptops and desktops which is a compulsion for them to sit a longer number of hours of their day on just one chair!! And, Choice begins with online shopping, online food delivery, time spent on social media, and even online product necessities in just a minute to reach home through various online apps. Convenience or comfort is more related to choice! This combination of “Compulsion and Choice” makes a sedentary lifestyle a popular and “unsung threat” in every home of India’s urban population. It’s related to no physical moments but adversely affects mental health as well because physical and psychological health are perfectly correlated to each other.
Now what’s next then, do we have to wait for diseases like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and more like adverse cancer or strokes to capture us soon, or an urgent need to take some action to stop such a sedentary lifestyle from controlling our lives? There could be many ways that doctors and experts would recommend to reduce the effect of a sedentary lifestyle like exercise, 30-minute walks, etc. Surely this could benefit but the overall solution lies between choice and compulsion. The bridge between the both could be filled by “What, When, and How”. Consider a simple example; A person who is currently doing a 9 AM to 5 PM desk job and wants to reduce the effect of a sedentary lifestyle has to look up the sources of such lifestyle in his life like “What are the sources?” In his case, it’s more of compulsion. Then he has to see “when he can reduce the same”, inevitable on choice! And next is the action time! “How I can do it” In his case, he can be more physically active on weekends, on morning walks, and many more where choice falls low compared to compulsion.
It’s been an unsung threat as most of the adult population make it a part of their way of living which is according to people more comfortable and convenient, but that needs urgently to be acknowledged on the adverse consequences of such a lifestyle. Due to the desire to live a luxury lifestyle, we are following a sedentary lifestyle. Think about it, work between your “Choice and Compulsion” and fill the gap with “What, When, and How” as it’s a common thought “Health is pure Wealth”!
Always desire to live a healthy lifestyle!!
References:
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/lifestyle#:~:text=Britannica%20Dictionary%20definition%20of%20LIFESTYLE,leading%2Fliving%20a%20healthy%20lifestyle.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322910#mental-health-issues
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/nearly-50-indian-adults-insufficiently-physically-active-lancet-study/article68335
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