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Fitness & Health

16th May 2015

Video: This 60-second clip explains how sitting down all day could kill you

Well this is worrying

Oisin Collins

Calling all office workers…

The Australian news programme 60-Minutes recently commissioned animator Duncan Elms to create this brilliant, but absolutely f*cking terrifying, clip explaining why sitting for long periods of time could put you in an early grave.

Office workers may want to look away, now…

The results found that spending all day sitting at your desk leads to increased risk of weight gain, back pain, neck problems and heart disease.

Maybe it’s time to ask your boss for one of those funky stand-up desks…

Via Duncan Elms – Vimeo. Hat-tip Metro.co.uk 

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