1. Sitting has become the new national pastime. But we have news tonight that how long you sit actually changes your body's chemistry and affects how long you can live.

坐，已成为新的全民消遣。但是今晚我们的新闻是，你坐的时间长短实际上会改变着你身体内的化学，并影响着你能多长寿。

2. Hunching over keyboards and phones, so many of us do it all day. By the mid-afternoon you are exhausted.

弯着背在敲击键盘和打着电话，我们很多人是整天做这些的。到了午后时，你变得筋疲力尽了。

3. And even worse, all that sitting could be deadly. Smoking and sitting too much have some striking parallels. It's global and it's common and it's hazardous. 

更糟糕的是，整天坐着可能是致命的。吸烟和过多坐着有某些惊人的相似之处。这是全球性的，是很常见的，也是危险的。

4. Dr. Hamilton made the stunning discovery with lab mice. When forbidden from running around, they put on weight.

汉密尔顿博士用实验小鼠作出了惊人的发现。当禁止小鼠四周跑动时，它们的体重增加了。

5. They found being sedentary turns off an important chemical that burns fat.

研究人员发现，久坐不动使消耗脂肪的一种重要化学物的作用不能发挥了。

6. And just as frightening, people sitting around 16 hours a day are more likely to die from diabetes, heart disease and obesity. For men 18% more likely, for women, 37%.

同样令人惊恐的是，一天坐上16小时的人，死于糖尿病、心脏病和肥胖的可能性更大。男性高18%，女性高37%。

7. So what's going on? We used to be active hunter-gatherers. Then came industrial revolution, slowing us down as factory workers. 

这是怎么回事呢？我们从前是活跃的以捕猎采集为生群体的成员。后来工业革命来了，使我们成了工厂的工人，我们的活动慢了下来。

8. Then the technological boom, planting us behind desks. That was once the case with the Silo Company.

此后技术兴旺了起来，把我们固定在了桌子后面。Silo公司的情况曾经就是这样的。

9. The entire company spends its day on its bottom, like nearly every company in a modern world.

整个公司的日子是屁股坐着度过的，世界上每家公司差不多都这样。

10. So obesity expert Dr. Jam Levin got them off their seats with the ultimate office makeover: desks on treadmills.

因此，肥胖专家Jam Levin 医生让公司员工离开座位，把桌子置于跑步机之上，彻底颠覆了办公室的场景。

11. Any situation can become active, says Dr. Levin, even an interview. Is this the future? 

"I think it is. We can create a world where offices are doing better and the employees are becoming healthier. We have got a golden solution."

Levin 医生说，任何场合都可以是活动的，即使一次面试也可以是这样。未来是这样的吗？

“我认为这就是未来。我们可以创造一个办公室布置得更好、员工变得更健康的空间。我们现在有了绝好的解决方案。”

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