Sitting Is The New Smoking

Yes, it’s yet another study on the health risks of too much sitting, which is now described, in some circles, as the new smoking. This study, a meta-analysis of others, comes from scientists at Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN) and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, and like others, identifies a definite relationship between the amount of time a person sits everyday and heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and death. Wait, there’s more unsurprising news.  Science Daily reports that study found that the negative effects of sitting are more pronounced among those who do little or no exercise than among those who do more exercise. What to do? The researchers recommend trying to reduce sedentary time by two to three hours a day. Makes sense.