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Sunday, November 4, 2012

Sitting For Long Periods May Increase Risk Of Diabetes, Heart Disease.


HealthDay Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (10/16, Preidt) reports, "Sitting for long periods boosts your risk of diabetes, heart disease and death, even if you work out regularly," according to a study Share
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        Heartwire Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (10/16) reports that investigators looked at data from "18 studies including a total of 794 577 participants. The data were adjusted for baseline event rate and pooled using a random-effects model."
        WebMD Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (10/16, Boyles) reports that the researchers found that "people who sat for the longest periods of time were twice as likely to have diabetes or heart disease than those who sat the least. That was even true of people who did moderate to vigorous physical activity on a regular basis."
        BBC News Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (10/14) reports on its website, "The strongest associations in the analysis were between prolonged sitting and diabetes." Medwire Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (10/16, Mahendra) also covers the story

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