Relax: Sitting at your desk job won't kill you
"STANDING AT WORK IS JUST AS UNHEALTHY AS SMOKING CIGARETTES DAILY, STUDY SAYS"
"Get up at least once every 30 minutes. Failure to do so may shorten your life, study finds"
"Yes, sitting too long can kill you, even if you exercise"
These are just a few headlines spawned from a recent Annals of Internal Medicine study, courtesy of Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times and CNN, respectively.
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That's just the start of media coverage on the research that lacks crucial context, says Dr. Jon Hallberg, MPR News regular medical analyst.
Of course, a sedentary lifestyle is a contributor to poor health.
But Hallberg pointed out that "people don't die from sitting — you die from something else."
He joined MPR News host Steven John to discuss where the media coverage went wrong and what the study really means.
Use the audio player above to hear their conversation.