This Mindless Work Habit Is Increasing Your Cancer Risk. It Takes Just 3 Minutes To Fix

Your future body will thank you for this.

Senior Reporter, Work/Life

Attention desk shrimps who hunch all day over laptops: get up right now to save your health – or else.

According to a July study published in BMC Medicine, moving just a few more minutes each day can make a significant difference to your well-being, lowering your risk for up to 13 different cancers.

In fact, squeezing just three minutes of daily vigorous activity like jogging or rushing up stairs could significantly lower multiple cancer risks, the study found.

Conversely, the more you sit each day, the higher your cancer risks. In the study, participants who replaced 30 minutes of movement with 30 minutes of sitting increased cancer risks by 8%.

“Every movement counts in the day,” said John J. Mitchell, the study’s lead author and a senior research........

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