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A new study in the journal Diabetologia suggests that reducing your sitting time is more important in lowering your risk of diabetes than exercise. This is just the latest in a string of research suggesting that moving around helps your health.

"It looks as if just sitting for long periods of time has a real negative impact upon overall health," said study author Joseph Henson.

The increase in diabetes is obvious in the United States. The number of people with diagnosed diabetes went from 5.6 million to 20.9 million from 1980 to 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This disease is also a huge driver of health care costs in the U.S., according to the American Diabetes Association.

As has been demonstrated in other studies, taking breaks from sitting appears to be associated with better health indicators.

"Trying to move for 5 minutes every hour seems right," Henson said.

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