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Experts: Sitting too much could be deadly

"After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals," [Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences ] said. She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucose and fat in the body start to shut down.

Even for people who exercise, spending long stretches of time sitting at a desk is still harmful.

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[blackwinterbyrd.livejournal.com]

"She explained that genes regulating the amount of glucose and fat in the body start to shut down."
um...do they now.
I'll buy that changes occur in metabolism, and that these are driven by changes in gene expression, but I won't buy the above statement.