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It's a rule that's drilled into us from an early age.

Stop fidgeting.

We're even hounded about it as adults.

Stop fidgeting.

Stop fidgeting.

Stop fidgeting.

But that instruction may be misguided,

because small movements of your hands and feet may actually help counteract the negative health effects of our sedentary lifestyle.

In other words, the notion that sitting is the new smoking may not apply if you fidget.

Researchers in the UK tracked nearly 13,000 women for 12 years.

The women were quizzed about their diets,

smoking and drinking habits, and time spent exercising versus sitting. They were also asked a

slightly unusual question for this type of study. On a scale from 1 to 10, please indicate

how much of your time you spend fidgeting. The reason? My husband is a big fidgeter, and I felt that

the questions on physical activity maybe weren't getting at all of the elements of

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