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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Long-Term Sitting Causes Body To Produce More Fat.

ABC World News (12/5, story 7, 1:35, Stephanopoulos) reported, "We all know about the benefits of exercise and an active lifestyle but now researchers have found that even all that exercise might not be good enough if you don't change the way you work." ABC's Davis added, "No matter how little you eat or how much you exercise, too much sitting by itself may broaden your bottom." And "Dr. Jim Levine of the Mayo Clinic found obese people sit an average two and a half hours more each day than thinner people." The story concludes: "Take some pressure off your own bottom line and stand up."
        The UK's Telegraph Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (12/6) reports, "Researchers found that the pressure put on areas of the body used for sitting or lying down produces up to 50 per cent more fat in those parts." And "even those with healthy diet and exercise habits will be affected if they spend long periods sat behind a desk." The study was published in the American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology.

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