Too Much Sitting Linked to Fat Buildup Around the Heart, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Study

All those hours Americans spend in their office chairs or on their sofas may be packing on a particularly unhealthy form of fat around the heart, a new study suggests. What’s more, the fat stayed in place even when people undertook regular exercise, according to a study reported this week in Los Angeles at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association.

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