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A study on the extent of global air pollution

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Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility

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Less gym time, same results: Why ‘lowering’ weights is all you need to do

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Exercise is medicine for cancer, even in late stages of the disease

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'Soleus pushup' fuels metabolism for hours while sitting

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A little exercise each day improves muscles more than one big weekly workout

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Omega-3 fatty acids and exercise: a review of their combined effects (2011) [pdf]

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Sitting and standing at work (2015)

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25% of U.S. adults are not active enough to protect their health

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Why is standing more tiring than walking? [audio]

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Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year

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Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack

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Overweight and healthy is a big fat lie, obesity study finds

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'Exercised' Explains Why It Can Be Hard to Commit to Working Out

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Being kind to others is good for your health

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Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on the surgeon’s birthday

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The tyranny of chairs: why we need better design

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To Delay Death, Lift Weights

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Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions? (2019)

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Hourly 4-second sprints prevent impairment of postprandial fat metabolism

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To solve problems caused by sitting, learn to squat (2017)

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Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)

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Endurance Running Hypothesis

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Common Muscular Weaknesses

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Inflammation might be the root of preventable disease

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The Physical Sacrifice of Thinking (2015)

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How Sitting For Long Periods Affects Your Metabolism

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Canadian researcher behind one-minute workout has a shorter option

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Not exercising worse than smoking, diabetes and heart disease study finds

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Saddle chair

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To Fix Back Pain, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit

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Perceived Physical Activity and Mortality: Study

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Thinning in brain regions important for memory linked to sedentary habits

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How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining

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Lost Art of Bending Over: How Other Cultures Spare Their Spines

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Snow shovelling can kill

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What's the ultimate way to defy depression, disease and early death? Exercise

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Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Physical recovery from binge TV-watching gets harder as we get older

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Dangers of Sitting

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The young Japanese working themselves to death

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Exercise for Aging Muscles

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Cycling to work can cut cancer and heart disease, says study

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Born to Rest

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The closest thing to a wonder drug is exercise

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Exercise Tied to Lower Risk for Some Types of Cancer

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Does exercise slow the aging process?

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The Mysterious Aging of Astronauts

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Frequently Monitoring Progress Toward Goals Increases Chance of Success

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Study: Sitting is no worse than standing without moving

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The Right Dose of Exercise for a Longer Life

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When You Lose Weight, Where Does It Go?

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Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'

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What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Stronger

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Lack of exercise kills roughly as many as smoking, study says

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Reasons Not to Stretch

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Can three minutes of exercise a week help make you fit?

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Cornell Ergonomics Web finds standing desks present their own issues

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Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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How bathroom posture affects your health.

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Getting fitter can reduce prostate cancer risk by 35%, study finds

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It's not your age that's slowing your metabolism, new research says (2021)

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How much time should you spend sitting versus standing?

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