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b'The dangers of living a sedentary life are many. Even if you think you are energetic, sitting all day at work is common for most of us. And it\'s killing us\\u2014literally\\u2014by way of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. All this downtime is so unhealthy that it\'s given birth to a new area of medical study called inactivity physiology, which explores the effects of our increasingly butt-bound, tech-driven lives, as well as a deadly new epidemic researchers have dubbed "sitting disease." \\xa0Our bodies have evolved over millions of years to do one thing: Move ! That\'s not all. The less you move, the less blood sugar your body uses; research shows that for every two hours spent on your backside per day, your chance of contracting diabetes goes up by 7 percent.'