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Not Exercising Is Worse for You Than Smoking, Study Says

Summary by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Unless you’re an avid exerciser who already knows the feel-good benefits of just getting up out of your seat and moving, you may be surprised to learn that not getting regular exercise can be worse for you than smoking. As reported by Metro, Cleveland researchers looking retrospectively at the deaths of 122,007 patients show that those with a sedentary lifestyle were 500 percent more likely to die than those who exercised — three times the risk posed by smoking....