Too Much Sitting Linked to Women's Cancer Risk | Live Science

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Women in the study who sat more than 6 hours a day were at a higher risk of developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer and the blood cancer multiple myeloma compared with women who sat less than 3 hours a day.

In addition to raising women's risk of these specific cancers, the study also showed that "Longer leisure time spent sitting was associated with a higher risk of total cancer risk in women," the researchers wrote in their study. Women who sat for more than 6 hours a day had a 10 percent increase in their risk of developing any cancer, according to the findings published June 30 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

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Too Much Sitting Linked to Women's Cancer Risk | Live Science