LONDON — Office workers must exercise for an hour a day to combat the “deadly” risk of modern working life, a major study has found. An hour of brisk walking or cycling spread over a day was enough to combat the dangers of eight hours sitting in the office, the researchers said. For those who spent just as long seated, but managed at least an hour’s exercise, death rates dropped to 6.2 per cent. “Take a five-minute break every hour, go to the next office, go upstairs to the coffee machine, go to the printer,” said Prof. Ekelund. Among those who sat for at least eight hours a day and managed less than five minutes’ activity, mortality rates were 9.9 per cent.

Source: National Post July 28, 2016 14:37 UTC