Losing sleep over excercise is hurting you: study
Posted: July 25, 2014 at 6:46 pm
TIME spent exercising should not cut into sleep time if people want to get the best health benefits, a new Australian study has found.
The study, by University of Queensland and University of South Australia researchers, found how different exercise schedules could have different effects on health.
It analysed the exercise habits of 129 previously inactive adults aged 18 to 60 years old for six weeks, with three groups exercising for between 150 to 300 extra minutes a week.
The study, UQ research fellow Dr Sjaan Gomersall said, found as people tried to fit in exercise around work, sleep and relaxation time, it could have both positive and negative overall effects.
"When people undertake a new exercise program, the time spent in other domains, such as sleep or screen time, must be reduced to accommodate the new activity," Dr Gomersall said.
"If a new exerciser chooses to reduce screen time to accommodate exercise, for example, then there will presumably be additional health benefits, given that sedentary time is a risk factor for mortality and cardiovascular disease.
"Conversely, if they choose to sleep less, the benefits of physical activity may be reduced and ultimately lead to negative health outcomes such as obesity and depression."
It also found that starting an exercise regime could cut down the time spent watching television by up to 50 minutes a day.
"However, results also showed that this positive health outcome was offset by participants spending an extra 30 minutes a day using computers," Dr Gomersall said.
"This may indicate they were taking work home because they left early to exercise.
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Politicians voice concern over flag burning
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Senior politicians are voicing their concerns over the protest burning of the Israeli flag.
Photos of a weekend protest in Auckland against Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip show a hand-painted Israeli flag, with a Nazi swastika in place of the Star of David, being waved in the protest.
The Israeli and US flags being burnt.
Labour MP David Shearer understands the anger that exists around the Gaza situation but says flag burning's not appropriate.
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters holds a similar view - he says if it goes too much further there will be violence and that won't be tolerated.
However, there's alleged bad behaviour by members of Mana.
The party's under fire, after its flags were seen next to burning Israeli flags at a protest in Auckland on Saturday.
Jewish Council president Steven Goodwin says Nazi swastikas were also painted on some of the flags.
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LDF workers stage dharna against hike in prices of food items
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CPI(M) led LDF Opposition workers today staged a dharna before the Secretariat here, demanding that the Centre and State governments check rise in prices of essential commodities.
Inaugurating the agitation, CPI(M) veteran and leader of Opposition in the Assembly, V S Achuthanandan criticised the economic policies of both the NDA government led by Narendra Modi and Oommen Chandy led UDF government in Kerala.
"Both the Modi and Chandy governments are responsible for the spurt in prices of food items', he said, adding LDF would intensify its agitation in the coming days.
Terming the rise in prices as 'war on people', he said the policies pursued by the NDA are totally against the interests of the common man.
Alleging that the NDA government has ignored Kerala, Achuthanandan said the Railway budget had not considered any of the state's long-pending demands.
In the general budget also, the state was neglected, he said, adding Kerala's dream scheme like All India Institute of Medical Sciences was not sanctioned.
"The common man's life has become strenuous due to increase in prices of commodities. The price of one kg rice which was Rs 21 a few months back has jumped to Rs 40 to Rs 45. Similar is the case with prices of vegetables," he added.
Achuthanandan also took a dig at Chandy, saying he had no time to intervene in matters related to the people, but was mainly engaged in the excercise of cabinet reshuffle.
The CPI(M) leader made it clear that government cannot 'hoodwink' the people with this action.
Several LDF MLA's were among those who participated in the dharna.
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Thai junta defends temporary constitution
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Timing tough for $4.5bn Thai-Mozambique coal rail-port project
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New constitution gives Thai junta sweeping powers
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