“12-year study of 93,000 women found higher risk of early death for least active (HealthDay News) — Older women who spend too much time sitting are more likely to die at an earlier age than highly active women, a large, long-term study says. Researchers analyzed data from 93,000 postmenopausal American women. They found that women who spent more than 11 hours a day sitting or otherwise being inactive had a 12 percent higher risk of premature death from all causes than those who were inactive for four hours or less per day. Women who were inactive also were 13 percent more likely to die of cardiovascular disease, 21 percent more likely to die of cancer and 27 percent more likely to die of coronary heart disease, according to the study. The women were 50 to 79 years old at the start of the study and were followed for 12 or more years. The findings were published online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.” To read more, click HERE