Lounging around too much after a heart attack can set you up for another one, a new study says.
Within a year of being treated for heart attack symptoms, people who sat around afterwards for more than 14 hours a day on average were at greater risk for another heart-related health emergency, researchers reported Monday in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Those with the lowest activity levels had 2.5 times the risk of another heart problem or death within the following year, results show.
However, replacing sitting around with either movement or sleep can improve a person's odds, researchers found.
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