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12 Strange Heart Disease Risk Factors That May Surprise You

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Sitting All Day

There’s no time like the present to invest in one of those fancy standing desks. When researchers at the University of Leicester studied sedentary behaviors in 2012, they found a correlation between a desk-bound job and poor heart health. Specifically, people who sat at a desk all day had a 150 percent increased risk of a heart attack.

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