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Don鈥檛 take a seat, please stand for your own health

Are you sitting down? In that case, you should probably stand up before reading this.

In the first advise of its kind, British experts are recommending office workers stand for at least two hours a day, in a warning against the dangers of prolonged sitting.

The guidelines were developed by a group of experts invited by Public Health England and an advocacy group and were published online on Monday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The experts recommend people start with two hours of standing or light activity, adding they should eventually double that to four hours.

In recent years, the hazards of sitting too much have been compared to those of smoking, with research suggesting people who spend most of their days seated are more likely to be fat, have heart problems, cancer and even die earlier.

Not even regular exercise seems to help.

鈥淓ven if you鈥檙e meeting your physical activity guidelines, you cannot undo the risks of prolonged sitting,鈥 said Gavin Bradley, director of the campaign group Get Britain Standing, one of the authors of the new guidance.


 

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