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If you spend most your days sitting school, work, at a computer or stretched on a couch at home, you may be taking to two years off your life. It is common knowledge that a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and obesity, and can result premature death. Many people think they can compensate sitting around by walking, playing sports or going the gym. Unfortunately, this might not be so. A new study just published the journal 'Annals of Internal Medicine' suggests the effect on our longevity sitting for long periods time cannot be reversed through exercise. Even 60 minutes of daily exercise may not be enough.

The study is from Dr David Alter and his colleagues Toronto University. Dr Alter and his team analysed 47 studies that tracked different groups people, who kept notes how long they sat down each day and how much they exercised. They found that the most sedentary groups had a 24% increased chance dying during the course of the study than the least sedentary ones. This remained the case even though those who sat a lot also did 60 minutes daily exercise. Dr Alter writes: "Reducing your sit-down time 2-3 hours each day by standing at your desk, taking frequent breaks to stretch and walk, or watching TV… your feet may be better than an expensive, crowded, smelly gym and be just what the doctor ordered."

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