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High-speed internet access is making us fat
A new study has found a worrying link between the rollout of high-speed internet and rising obesity rates in Australia.
Sedentary Lifestyle
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Medicine - Health
Why should office workers stand up from their working chairs for at least 2 hours a day?
The more we learn about the health effects of sitting a lot, the more reasons we have to force ourselves to get up and walk after every hour of work.
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Sitting all day can make your body grow faster
If you get up and do some exercise right now, you can extend it for a few more years of life.
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Why do people get fat when they are old?
People get fat when they get older due to many reasons, including sedentary lifestyle, stress or hormonal imbalance.
Medicine - Health
Walk 10 minutes a day to prevent diabetes
American scientists say walking 10 minutes a day is an effective dose to fight type 2 diabetes.
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Standing work does not improve health as we often think?
Much sitting is scientifically proven to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and even premature death.
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Why are we alway sick?
Outbreaks of swine flu are the latest risk in the mountain of diseases that surround humanity.
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Obesity makes the body tired
A new study of psychology of UCLA (University of California-Los Angeles - University of California in Los Angeles) provides evidence of obesity that makes people tired a…
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The great grief of beer
Drinking beer regularly has nothing to do with the big belly of middle-aged gentlemen that people often call