Fidget Your Way To Health

Feeling fidgety? That’s a good thing, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. Scientists there examined data from the University of Leeds’ UK Women’s Cohort Study, one of the largest studies of diet and health of women in the UK, which asked, among other things, if women were fidgety, moderately fidgety or very fidgety. Ready? The envelope please… A University of Leeds news release reports that the researchers found an increased risk of mortality from sitting for long periods, but only in those who consider themselves very occasional fidgeters. Among those who described themselves as moderately of very fidgety, there was no increased risk of mortality from longer sitting times, compared to more active women.