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Tag: British Journal of Sports Medicine

Desk Workers Should Stand for At least Two Hours a Day

| June 2, 2015 Comment

Desk Workers Should Stand for At least Two Hours a Day – A panel of experts from the UK has come up with some workable solutions for the so-called sitting disease that puts many desk-workers’ health at risk. A sedentary lifestyle that includes prolonged periods of sitting at a desk when at work, and sitting […]

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Physical Activity Can Lower Risk of Death in the Elderly

| May 15, 2015 Comment

Physical Activity Can Lower Risk of Death in the Elderly – Just 30 minutes of exercise, six days a week, is enough to reduce the risk of death among old people by as much as 40%. For the Oslo Study, launched in 1972, doctors tracked the health of 15,000 participants born between 1923 and 1932. […]

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Sugar and Carbs Are to Blame for Obesity

| April 23, 2015 Comment

Sugar and Carbs Are to Blame for Obesity – If you think you can exercise your way to normal weight, think again! In an editorial published in the the British Journal of Sports Medicine, experts point out that a diet that has excessive carbohydrates and sugar is responsible for the current obesity epidemic in Western […]

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