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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Sit Less Live Longer

Science Daily: Prolonged daily sitting linked to 3.8 percent of all-cause deaths - Investigators estimate limiting sitting to less than 3 hours per day could increase life expectancy
summary - A new study found that sitting for more than three hours per day is responsible for 3.8 percent of all-cause mortality deaths. Investigators also estimate that reducing sitting time to less than three hours per day would increase life expectancy by an average of 0.2 years.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

Sitting is the new smoking!

Jim Sande said...

Very sedentary society in general, doing a job that puts you in a chair is considered advantageous.