By Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:00 BST, 22 April 2019 | Updated: 19:00 BST, 22 April 2019
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You can cancel out the harmful effects of sitting down all day if you walk to work and back home instead, a new study suggests.
Researchers found those who sat for more than six hours a day and were inactive had the highest risk of dying from any cause or from cardiovascular disease.
But even meeting the lowest requirement for physical activity completely eliminated the risk of dying from any cause even among those who sat for most of the day.
The team, from the University of Sydney in Australia, says their findings confirm previous studies and are calling for doctors and healthcare professionals to encourage their patients to substitute sitting with brisk walking.
A new study from the University of Sydney in Australia has found that those who sat more than six hours a day had the highest risk of dying from any cause or from cardiovascular disease (file image)
For the study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the team
