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We know that there is an obesity crisis in the USA. I have heard it over and over; I work too much and have no time for exercise.
True?
A recent article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine would suggest otherwise.
Investigators assessed how employment status (full-time, part-time, or not employed) and job type (active or sedentary) were related to daily physical activity levels.
Cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were collected in 2003–2004 and analyzed in 2010.
In men, full-time workers were more active than healthy nonworkers (p=0.004). Even workers with sedentary jobs were more active (p=0.03) and spent less time sedentary (p<0.001) than nonworkers. In contrast with men, women with full-time sedentary jobs spent more time sedentary (p=0.008) and had less light and lifestyle intensity activity than healthy nonworkers on weekdays. Within full-time workers, those with active jobs had greater weekday activity than those with sedentary jobs (22% greater in men, 30% greater in women).
So, in men, full-time work (even sedentary work) was positively associated with increased physical activity.
Some of us are addicted to both work and exercise....
