Too Much Sitting May Shorten Your Life
Getting out of the chair for just 30 minutes more a day has health benefits, researchers say.
Get off your duff: A new study finds that sitting less may extend your life.
Brazilian researchers who analyzed data from 54 countries linked sitting for more than three hours a day to 3.8 percent of deaths from all causes.
Limiting sitting time to less than three hours a day would increase a person's life expectancy by an average of 0.2 years -- or more than two months, the researchers said.
The study adds to growing evidence that too much sitting is a health threat, and that even regular exercise may not be enough to counter the harmful effects of prolonged sitting, the researchers said.