The longer you sit, the earlier you die

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-health-healthy-aging-sitting-early-death,0,6105710.story

Researchers say that's even for people who exercise regularly after long sit-a-thons at the office and aren't obese.

Marissa Cevallos

Sentinel Staff Writer

August 25, 2010

Unlike most bad news, this one is best heard standing up: people who sit more than 6 hours a day are more likely to die earlier.

That's even for people who exercise regularly after long sit-a-thons at the office and aren't obese.

That's the sobering news from a new study that tracked more than 100,000 adults for 14 years. Researchers from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta followed 53,000 men and 70,000 women and asked them to fill out questionnaires about their physical activity.