“Stand up if you want to stay healthy, warn researchers. A study says office workers could be risking their health simply by sitting at their desk for hours at a time. It found people who spend more than four hours a day sitting down are at greater risk of chronic illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Those sitting for at least six hours were significantly more likely to have diabetes. The research involved 63,048 middle-aged men but US scientists say the findings are likely to also apply to women.”
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