Breaking Up Long Sitting Spells Linked to Lower Death Risk and More Healthy Years
Graded Moderate — large prospective cohort of 89,010 adults tracked for eight years with wrist sensors, yet activity was measured only once and the design cannot prove cause.
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This study suggests standing up often during long sitting stretches may be linked to living longer.
Sitting ten or more hours a day without getting up much was tied to a 52% higher risk of dying. That comes from wrist trackers worn by about 89,000 British adults in their sixties, followed for eight years. Getting up often softened the harm, though swapping sitting for brisk activity helped everyone the most. This is observational data, so it cannot prove that sitting itself causes the damage.
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