Betty C. Jung

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Joined March 2010

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    5 Media Resolutions Every Family Should Make in 2019 | Common Sense Media via

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    Contingency Plans for Operations in the Absence of Appropriations (What a shame, we have the most beautiful parks in the world!)

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    Scientists Find A Brain Circuit That Could Explain Seasonal Depression

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    George Ezra - Pretty Shining People (Live At Abbey Road Studios) via

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    This is why doesn't want you fixing your smartphone via &

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    It’s Never Too Early to via

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    Smoking increases the risk for death by approximately 180% compared with an increase of 25% associated with sedentary lifestyle. Bottom line? Don't smoke, and get up and move your butt.

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    promote 33 more cardiovascular deaths, 27 more cancer-related deaths, & 610 incident cases of diabetes per 100,000 persons/yr. Moderate/vigorous physical activity (60-75 minutes per day) can counteract the all-cause mortality risk associated with sitting time.

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    Risks of longer sit times could be offset by 60 to 75 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise each day, the exercise did not attenuate television viewing. Either way, an hour or more of aerobic exercise each day is "probably unattainable for most," the authors point out.

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    Extended periods of sitting were also associated with increases in incidence and risk for mortality, although they were much smaller, at 10% to 20%. is linked to an increased risk for depression (RR, 1.14).

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    Sitting-related all-cause mortality rate was 3.8%. One meta-analysis showed that the risk for type 2 diabetes was almost twice as high in people sitting for more than 8 hours each day compared with for those sitting for less than 4 hours (HR, 1.91).

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    "Given the current state of the evidence, equating sitting with smoking is unwarranted, misleading for the public, and may serve to distort and trivialize the ongoing and serious risks of smoking," Dr Vallance and colleagues warn.

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    Absolute risk differences >2000 excess deaths from any cause per 100,000 persons per year among the heaviest smokers compared with never smokers, Comparison of people with the lowest and highest sit times revealed that the number of excess deaths per 100,000 persons was 190.

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    By comparison, the relative risk (RR) for death from all causes for current smokers compared with never smokers was 2.80 for men and 2.76 for women. In heavy smokers who smoked 40 cigarettes a day or more, the RR was 4.08 for men and 4.41 for women.

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    "[A]ny level of increases risk of dying from any cause by approximately 180% versus a 25% risk increase for ," they write. "[P]romulgating direct comparisons of the health consequences of sitting and smoking is not recommended."

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