Sedentary lifestyle

Sedentary lifestyle :

A sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity. A person who lives a sedentary lifestyle may colloquially be known as a couch potato. It is commonly found in both the developed and developing world. Sedentary activities include sitting, reading, watching television, playing video games, and computer use for much of the day with little or no vigorous physical exercise. A sedentary lifestyle can contribute to many preventable causes of death

Sedentary lifestyle in pakistan:

The Pakistan Statistical Society Acronym:PSA; also known as Pakistan Statistical Society (PSS), is an academic and professional society of statisticians from Pakistan and abroad, dediticated and devoted for the Mathematical statistics. It is one of the leading mathematical and learned society of Pakistan, and being the only and one the oldest society of its nature

The history of Pakistan Statistical Society traced back to 1947 when Pakistan was created, and encouraged by prominent and influential Indian statistician dr. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the Pakistan Statistical Society was established. Encouraged by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui, a mathematical physicist, led the foundation of the society in 1947 of whom both dr. Siddiqui served its first president whilst Mahalanobis became its life member.^[1] Both Siddiqui and Mahalanobis remained its influential member, however after the death of Mahalanobis and Siddiqui's interest had been lowered, the society struggled to gain its prominence and importance afterwards In 1976, the society was disintegrated and had gone inactive and defunct since.

The association was again revived in 1995 after about twenty years through the productive and effective efforts led by country's notable statisticians with the help of Federal Bureau of Statistics, the association was again re-established in 1995 The statisticians at the Peshawar University delegated and called statisticians from all over the country and abroad to participate in an international seminar on the recent developments in Statistics organized by Department of Statistic. The prominent and renowned applied statisitician dr. Ch. Asghar Ali has been its president since 1995, and is currently headquartered at the Department of Statistics of the Peshawar University. The society is also affiliated with the International Statistical Institute since 1996, and has published its publications thought the International Statistical Institute in international level.

Sedentary lifestyle may cause of ostioprosis:

Studies conducted abroad have found children of upper strata of society with lower bone mass as compared to their counterparts of low socio-economic status.Chocolates and fizzy drinks inhibit the absorption of calcium and that is why the sale of these products has been prohibited in schools in some countries.These were some of the important points highlighted at a seminar on menopause and osteoporosis organised jointly by the Pakistan Medical Association, Pakistan Orthopaedic Association, Pakistan Society of Rheumatology and Society of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists of Pakistan.

Explaining the disease, speakers said that osteoporosis literally meaning `porous bones` was a systematic skeletal disorder. It was also called a silent killer as it occurred without causing any major specific symptom. The disease led to an increasing risk to bone fractures.Seventy-five million of population in the US, Europe and Japan were currently affected by the disease. No national data was, however, available on the disease, they said.There was a high prevalence of osteoporotic fractures among women who were more vulnerable to the disease following menopause when there was a rapid reduction in bone mineral density due to estrogen deficiency. The disease could also occur in people with prolonged hormonal disorder or if a person had been treated with certain drugs that included steroids, they pointed out.

Aging, lack of physical activity, malnutrition that included deficiencies of vitamin D and calcium, prolong hormonal imbalance, tobacco smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol were among the major risk factors. The common sites for fractures are hip, spine and wrist.Regarding prevention, Dr Syed Mujahid, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Civil Hospital Karachi, said that proper nutrition that included adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D and weight-bearing exercises were important.“A 30-minute brisk walk five times a week is good for bone health. Certain foods like broccoli, beans and green mustard are a good source of calcium. Salt, caffeine and high intake of protein contributes to calcium loss,” he said, adding that calcium was not efficiently absorbed in older adults without vitamin D.

Giving her presentation, Prof Dr Rubina Hussain, president of the Menopause Society of Pakistan, said that the “average female life expectancy in Pakistan is 67 years while the average age of menopause is 47 years”. Body aches, hot flashes, lack of energy were some leading menopausal symptoms.The severity of menopausal symptoms, she said, was significantly linked to the decline in the quality of life.Osteoporosis and osteopenia, a condition in which bone mineral density was lower than normal, was now being increasingly found in young girls in the country. Repeated pregnancies also put women at a higher risk so there was a dire need to encourage family planning.The fact that a significantly high number of Pakistanis led a sedentary life was worrisome, she remarked.Dr Saleha Ishaq of Aga Khan University and Hospital spoke on the drugs that caused osteoporosis.A film about the biological mechanism causing osteoporosis was also screened.