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Sitting Down? You're <em>So</em> Screwed
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 19, 2010
Modified Jan 19, 2010
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Not since we found out that coffee will prevent us from committing suicide have we been so shocked by a study. Bloomberg News finally sifted through that report that's been going around and pulled out this gem: sitting down will kill you. Are you sitting down right now? Well, hopefully you are drinking coffee to counteract it, and not watching television (which will also kill you).
The site notes that "too much sitting, and not just a lack of exercise, may cause heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses. The more time people spend in a completely sedentary state, independent of the exercise they get at other times, the higher their risk of becoming obese, and developing diabetes, heart disease and cancer." As bloggers, this is particularly disheartening news. Should we start working standing up, like Donald Rumsfeld, or get real jobs?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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