Sitting too long increases risk of certain cancers
Jun-19-2014

New research suggests being sedentary for long periods of time increases the risk of developing certain cancers.

To tease out the relationship between sitting and certain types of cancers, researchers analyzed results from 43 existing health studies, including stats and observations on 4 million study participants and 68,936 cancer cases.

In their analysis, researchers found just for every additional two hours of sitting each day the risk of colon cancer went up 8 percent. The same amount of additional sitting lead to a 10 percent increase in the risk of endometrial cancer and a 6 percent increase in the risk of lung cancer.

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