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A growing body of evidence points to the negative health effects of prolonged sitting, as seen in What If... See below for the sources that informed the video.

Top 10 Killers in US

Deaths: Final Data for 2009 @ CDC.gov

Heart Disease Linked to Sedentary Lifestyle

Sedentary time and cardio-metabolic biomarkers in US adults @ NIH.gov
Television Viewing and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and All-Cause Mortality @ JAMAnetwork.com
Sedentary behaviors increase risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in men @ NIH.gov
Sitting: Hazardous to Your Health. Even ‘active’ couch potatoes may face risks @ NIH.gov

Cancer Linked to Sedentary Lifestyle

Reduce Your Cancer Risk: Physical Activity @ AICR.org
Television Viewing and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and All-Cause Mortality @ JAMAnetwork.com
Colon Cancer: Risk Factors @ MayoClinic.com
Long-Term Sedentary Work and the Risk of Subsite-Specific Colorectal Cancer @ OxfordJournals.org

Stroke Linked to Sedentary Lifestyle

Physically able stroke patients often sedentary @ Health.am
Slightly raised blood pressure, pre-hypertension linked to stroke risk @ USAtoday.com
Exercise In-Depth Report @ NYTimes.com
Re-appraisal of Risk Factors for Stroke in Nigerian Africans @ AJNS.PAANS.org
Heart Disease Risk in Women @ About.com

Diabetes Linked to Sedentary Lifestyle

A Sedentary Lifestyle and Diabetes @ About.com
Potential for the prevention of type 2 diabetes @ OxfordJournal.com
Symptoms of Pre-diabetes @ Type2DiabetesGuide.com

Excessive Sitting = Sedentary Lifestyle

Stand Up Australia: Sedentary behaviour in workers @ Medibank.com.au
Get Up, Stand Up! Sedentary Behaviour and Health @ SMA.org.au
Leisure Time Spent Sitting in Relation to Total Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of US Adults @ OxfordJournals.org
Stand Up For Your Health: Physiologists and Microbiologists Find Link Between Sitting and Poor Health @ ScienceDaily.com
Inactive Lifestyle Could Be More Damaging to Your Health than Smoking NaturalSociety.com
Can sitting too much kill you? ScientificAmerican.com
Your Body’s Biggest Enemy: The dangers of living a sedentary life WomensHealthMag.com.com

We Sit Between 7 and 15 Hours a Day

Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States @ OxfordJournals.org
Sitting Causes Cancer Even if You Exercise @ JonBarron.org
Sitting less for adults @ HeartFoundation.org.au
Health Risks, Correlates, and Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Young People @ AJPMonline.org

Sedentary Jobs Increased 83% Since 1950

The Price of Inactivity @ Heart.org

In 65-Year Lifetime, 9 Years Spent Watching TV

Television & Health @ CSUN.edu

63% of Children No Longer Physically Active

11 Facts About Fitness @ DoSomething.org

“... what scientists have named sitting disease”

Move a Little, Lose a Lot @ RandomHouse.com

Excessive Sitting Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

Association of Sedentary Behaviour with Metabolic Syndrome @ PLoSone.org
Heart and Vascular Health & Prevention @ ClevelandClinic.org
Role of Low Energy Expenditure and Sitting in Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease @ DiabetesJournals.org

Sitting Puts Metabolic System at Risk

Sitting for just a couple hours has measurable (and negative) health impact @ PLoS.org
How Sitting Increases Your Risk for Heart Disease @ HealthFair.com
Your Body’s Biggest Enemy @ WomensHealthMag.com
Television Viewing Time and Mortality @ AHAjournals.org

Excessive Sitting: Risk About the Same as Smoking

The Guide to Beating a Heart Attack @ WSJ.com

Sitting Vs. Exercise

Too much sitting is not the same as too little exercise @ SLtrib.com
Leisure Time Spent Sitting in Relation to Total Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of US Adults @ Scribd.com

Health Benefits of Standing Up More

Standing Up for Work Can Improve Your Health and Productivity @ EmaxHealth.com
Stand Up For Your Health @ ScienceDaily.com
Don’t Just Sit There @ NYTimes.com
Stand Up or Your Brain Might Leave You @ RichardStep.com
Can’t Stand to Sit Too Long? There’s a Desk for That @ NYTimes.com
Reducing Occupational Sitting Time and Improving Worker Health: The Take-a-Stand Project, 2011 @ CDC.gov

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