﻿"The health hazards of sitting"

"The health hazards of sitting"

3/20/2015

This is an in depth look at what is happening in our body when we slouch over the computer.
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/the-health-hazards-of-sitting/750/

The health hazards of sitting

By Bonnie Berkowitz
and Patterson Clark,
Published: Jan. 20, 2014

We know sitting too much is bad, and most of us intuitively feel a little guilty after a long TV binge.

But what exactly goes wrong in our bodies when we park ourselves for nearly eight hours
per day, the average for a U.S. adult?

Many things, say four experts, who detailed a chain of problems from head to toe. See picture on the left.

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