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WASHINGTON – There’s more evidence that could lead to a longer life.
People can add two years to their lives by sitting less than three hours a day, according to a study published in the medical journal, .
It’s based on five other studies that followed nearly 167,000 people, some for as long as 14 years.
The study also has a message for couch potatoes. It finds people who watch less than two hours a day of TV extend their life expectancies by 1.38 years.
Other studies show that people who work a decade or more in sedentary jobs are twice as likely to get colon cancer, compared to those who have never worked sedentary jobs, reports.
Earlier this year the released a study saying sitting more than six hours a day can shave years off a person’s life.
In that study, researchers followed 123,216 people over 14 years and focused on the numbers of people who died. They found that women who sat for more than six hours a day were about 40 percent more likely to die during the time frame of the study than those who sat fewer than three hours a day. Men who sat excessively increased the likelihood of dying by about 20 percent.
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