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Sitting down heightens chronic disease risk: Study

Sydney: Sitting for more than four hours daily makes people vulnerable to diabetes and hypertension, says a new study.Emma George from the University of Western Sydney (UWS) School of Science and Health conducted the study



Sitting time was divided into four categories: less than four hours, four to six hours, six to eight hours, and more than eight hours, according to a Western Sydney statement.

George says, compared with those who spent four hours or less sitting down each day, participants reporting higher amounts of sitting were much more likely to report serious health conditions.