The Irish Heart Foundation is launching its "Chairs Can Kill" campaign to raise awareness of the risks to people's heart health of sitting for long periods of time. In conjunction with the campaign, the IHF commissioned a study to find out how long the average person in Ireland spends sitting down every day. It found that Irish people spend around 7.3 hours a day sitting down, including 3.6 hours spent sitting at work, school or college. Janis Morrissey, Head of Health Promotion, Information and Training with the Irish Heart Foundation, said: “Our research shows that the average person in Ireland spends 7.3 hours every day sitting down and 3.6 of these hours are at work, school or college. "Sitting for long periods of time increases your risk of heart disease and stroke.

Source: Evening echo September 25, 2018 12:22 UTC