USA Today - Study: the longer you sit, the shorter your life
In a longitudinal study that seemed to piggy-back on efforts from the American Cancer Society, over 120,000 people self-reported lifestyle, medical conditions, etc. Researchers tried to control for obesity and daily physical exercise and even after that found that sitting more than 6 hours per day increased the likelihood of an early death versus those who sit less than 3 hours/day. The effect was greater for women than for men. Researchers speculate that when sitting, hormones in the legs are released that affect triglycerides and cholesterol.
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