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Sitting Kills 1 in 10 of Us
A recent study featured in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has linked sitting for extended periods of time to approximately one in ten deaths each year in the UK. Speaking of modern day workplaces the lead author said they “represented a significant proportion of unavoidable daily sitting time for many people”. A recent