Get up, stand up, for your health: A little exercise offsets a lot of sitting

POSTED AUGUST 18, 2016, 9:30 AM

Monique Tello, MD, MPH, Contributor

A solid body of scientific evidence strongly suggests that the more time a person spends sitting, the higher their risk of death from any cause. Multiple large studies and high-quality data analyses show that regardless of age or health issues, the hours we spend in our office chairs, cars, or on the sofa watching television can literally kill us.

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