Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The Dangers of Sitting

A sedentary lifestyle can shorten your life.  A Study published in Britain found women who sit for long lengths of time are allot more likely to develop deadly blood clots in their lungs. Researchers tracked nearly 70,000 women over 18 years and found that those who spent more than 41 hours or more a week sitting when they were not at work were twice as likely to develop potentially life threatening pulmonary embolisms.

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