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October 8, 2017Online Shopping Is Bad For Our Bodies
Grocery shopping is good for us, apparently. The activity involved in pushing the trolley through the supermarket, lugging bags of food and household goods into the boot of the car and back out again helps to increase our muscle strength.
Online shopping has made life easier, but experts are now saying it’s making us weaker and it’s contributing to a general decline in fitness levels.
A new study by the UK’s Chartered Society of Physiotherapy suggests that by getting everything delivered, older people, in particular, are missing out on essential muscle-strengthening exercises.
The survey of more than 2,000 people found 24 percent of those aged 65 and over do no activities that maintain strength such as gardening, weight-lifting or carrying shopping at all in a week. This puts them at increased risk of falls and other health problems.
Professor Karen Middleton, chief executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, said:
‘We must move past the idea that becoming weaker and frailer is inevitable as we get older.
‘Research shows getting stronger brings a whole host of health benefits, so it is incredibly important that people don’t overlook strengthening when being active.
‘As the guidelines set out, it doesn’t mean immediately hitting the gym to lift weights – to start; it can be digging in the garden or simple bodyweight exercises like standing up out of a chair 10 times.’
