Risks of a Sedentary Lifestyle

Here’s what happens to your body when you sit for many hours almost every day:
Your blood circulation slows down. When you sit a lot, you move less, therefore not giving your heart a chance to pump blood to your organs and body parts efficiently, thus not delivering enough oxygen and nutrients to organs, limbs, and brain. This leads to slower cell regeneration because toxins and waste product removal are not optimally achieved.
Insufficient blood flow can also be the cause of swelling, numbness in the legs, and eventually, varicose veins because the blood that is returning to the heart is slow to return and pools in the lower legs.
Muscle fatigue is a reduction in the force or power that the muscle can produce and it commonly happens due to a lack of exercise leading to slow oxygenation. A fixed position (e.g. sitting upright) requires the muscles to hold the trunk, neck, and shoulders in a fixed place reducing the blood supply to the working muscles and causing fatigue.
Sitting for an extended period also leads to the weakening of the large leg and gluteal muscles, increasing your chances of injury when you get to exercise.
The insufficient activity also leads to muscle mass loss which can result in joint inflammation and osteoarthritis.
A sedentary lifestyle makes you prone to bone fractures due to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition of extremely weak bones which results in loss of bone mass. When you are not loading your body (e.g. doing weight-bearing exercises), you are not providing a loading stimulus to your skeletal system.
You could get pain in any joint however lower back pain seems to be the most common complaint of those who spend long hours sitting down. The more pain you experience, the less likely you are to exercise and be active, resulting in more pain, creating a vicious cycle, and eventually weight gain and other problems associated with that.
You have an increased risk for Type 2 diabetes if you lead a sedentary lifestyle. Prolonged physical inactivity leads to insulin resistance which is when cells in your body don't respond well to insulin and can't easily take up glucose from your blood, whereas an active lifestyle makes your cells more responsive and take up that glucose (so that there is less in the bloodstream), thus helping prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes.
Sitting down slows digestion because it causes your abdomen to compress. As a result, you could get bloated or constipated. Being constipated means your bowel movements happen less often than normal.
A sedentary lifestyle also harms your mental well-being. It is associated with depression, anxiety, and chronic stress. Over time, you may find your motivation decreases and it becomes difficult to go and do things that you used to enjoy.
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[@HoobaBros]

This is very true. I experienced a long list of problems due to this sedentary lifestyle. In the end, you will suffer a lot more from the problems you get by being unhealthy, than you will ever suffer from doing the things to make you healthy.

[@kannadafactsa]

Thanks ❤

[@nopenotme4467]

Office and work from home.

[@tsebosei1285]

Eat sit
Drive sit
Work sit
I cant too much sitting