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If you ____________________ most of your days ____________________ at school , work , at a ____________________ or stretched out on a couch at home ,
you may be taking up to two ____________________ off your life . It is common knowledge that a sedentary lifestyle increases
the risk of ____________________ disease , type 2 diabetes , ____________________ and ____________________ , and can result in premature death . Many people
think they can compensate for sitting around by ____________________ , ____________________ sports or going to the gym . Unfortunately ,
this might not be so . A new ____________________ just ____________________ in the ____________________ 'Annals of Internal Medicine' suggests the effect
on our longevity ____________________ ____________________ for long periods of time cannot be reversed through exercise . Even ____________________ minutes
of ____________________ exercise may not be enough .
The ____________________ is from Dr David Alter ____________________ his colleagues at ____________________ University . Dr Alter and his ____________________ analysed
47 studies that tracked different groups of ____________________ , who kept notes on how long they sat down each day
and how much they ____________________ . They found that the most ____________________ groups had a 24% increased chance of
dying ____________________ the course of the ____________________ than the least sedentary ones . This remained the case even though those
who sat a lot also did 60 ____________________ of daily ____________________ . Dr Alter writes : " Reducing your sit - down ____________________ by 2 - 3
hours each day by standing up at your ____________________ , taking frequent ____________________ to stretch and walk , or watching ____________________
? on your feet may be ____________________ than an expensive , crowded , smelly ____________________ and be just what the doctor ordered . "