Sitting in office for long hours can affect the size of your bottom — a problem that has been dubbed “desk derriere”, experts have warned.
In a recent study, researchers from the Tel Aviv University scanned the buttocks of inactive people and found their muscles were shrinking and breaking down due to lack of exercise.
The study found that fat cells thrive in the buttocks of those who lead a sedentary lifestyle, causing thick layers of fat to develop deep inside muscle tissue, the Daily Mail reported.
Insufficient activity and a poor diet are the main causes of desk derriere but other factors also play a role. “The hip flexor muscles, found at the front of the hip, become overactive and tight if an individual spends all day sitting,” explained Chris Jones, professional head of physiology at Nuffield Health.
“In response, the three key muscles that give the buttocks their shape — the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus — become less responsive and generally underactive, leading to poor muscle tone,” Jones was quoted as saying by the paper.
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Bubble skirts biggest fashion faux pas of all
London: Bubble skirts have been voted the biggest fashion faux pas of all time, according to a new UK poll. The garments first became popular in Britain at proms and cocktail parties in the 1950s, and went on to be worn by the likes of popstars Pepsi and Shirlie in the ’80s.
Variations of the skirt continue to appear on catwalks and in high street shops but a third of 2,000 adults polled named them as the biggest fashion faux pas, the Daily Express reported.
Those polled admitted at least five per cent of their wardrobe consisted of fashion mistakes.
However, almost one in five people said they were hanging on to older items just in case they come back into fashion.
Almost 45 per cent people admitted looking back on photographs and realising that an outfit looked awful. — PTI