8月17日听写记录

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

When it comes to your health, It seems that sitting too much may be as bad for you as smoking.

If you sit for many hours a day in a traditional office job, you may be interested in a new study. This study suggests that you should get an hour of “brisk exercise” every day.

Reserchers say this brisk exercises can help office workers reduce their risk of an early death. Many offces workers spend a large part of their time seated and physically inactive.

A lack of physical activity is linked to some 5.3 million deaths worldwide each year. The researchers say that makes a sedentary lifestyle more deadly than smoking.