Here is more evidence sitting too can kill you

There is more evidence that if you were sitting in your spare time, you could die.

A survey conducted by the American Cancer Society reveals that more than 125,000 adults found that those who sat for six hours or more a day were 19% more likely to die in the next 21 years than those who who spent less time on the market. The risk was significantly higher for 14 of the 22 causes of death examined and, especially, for eight of the ten leading causes of death in the United States. Alpa Patel and her colleagues wrote in their report, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

This is not the first study to show that sitting too much can be deadly. But it is a long-term study of many people who describe in detail the causes of death.

The 14 most common causes of death were: cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, kidney disease. , suicide, COPD (such as emphysema), pneumonia due to inhalation of something, liver disease, peptic ulcer and other digestive disease, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, nervous disorders and musculoskeletal disorders.

Researchers used data from people. They were asked, "In the last year, on average per day (not counting the time spent at work), how many hours a day did you spend sitting (watching TV, reading, etc.)? .)? "