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Sitting around shortens your life span
UNDATED -- Sitting around may put you in your grave sooner than you expect.
A study that analyzed questionnaires responses from 123,216 people over 14 years concluded that sitting around shortens your life span, USA TODAY reports.
Researchers determined women who sit for six hours a day have a 37 percent increased risk of dying versus those who only sat for three hours. For men, the increased risk was 17 percent. Researchers came to those numbers after adjusting their data for risk factors such as smoking and body mass index.
The study is in the "American Journal of Epidemiology."
UNDATED -- Sitting around may put you in your grave sooner than you expect.
A study that analyzed questionnaires responses from 123,216 people over 14 years concluded that sitting around shortens your life span, USA TODAY reports.
Researchers determined women who sit for six hours a day have a 37 percent increased risk of dying versus those who only sat for three hours. For men, the increased risk was 17 percent. Researchers came to those numbers after adjusting their data for risk factors such as smoking and body mass index.
The study is in the "American Journal of Epidemiology."
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