Summarize the concept of "physical stillness," and explain why it is a deadly proposition.

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Answers may vary. The concept of "physical stillness" is that even people with excellent exercise habits tend to spend the remainder of their day in a sedentary environment. For example, they commute to and from work, ride escalators and elevators, sit behind a desk, sit at a computer, read, watch TV, and lie down. In essence, people spend most of their nonexercise time not moving.If you are physically active or exercise seven times per week for 30 minutes a day, you will accumulate 210 weekly minutes of intentional activity. Even though you perceive yourself as being physically active because of the daily 30 minutes of activity, the issue at hand is the physical stillness the rest of the day. Two hundred and ten minutes translates into just 2 percent of the total 10,080 minutes available to you on a weekly basis. Thus, the difference between a regular exerciser and a sedentary individual is 30 minutes of activity per day. The other 98 percent of the time, most exercisers and sedentary people spend their time in very similar nonmoving activities.Research indicates that people who spend most of their day sitting have a greater risk of dying prematurely from all causes and an even greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. The data further indicate that death rates are still high for people who spend most of their day sitting, even though they meet the current minimum moderate-physical activity recommendations (30 minutes, at least five times per week).