One Hour of Exercise a Day Offsets Damage of Sitting 8 Hours

A new study recommends that people who work in a sedentary, office situation should get an hour of “brisk exercise” every day to offset the risk of early death. The recommendations were published in the journal Lancet, which also reported that heart disease, diabetes and some cancers caused by a sedentary lifestyle cost the global economy $67.5 billion every year. Lack of activity is also linked to some 5.3 million deaths each year, even more than smoking. The U.S. Centers for...

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