The average American adult now spends about 6½ hours a day sitting, according to an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The average American adult now spends about 6½ hours a day sitting – an increase of about an hour a day since 2007. For teenagers ages 12 to 19, that number is eight hours a day.

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