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People around the world are spending more and more time being physically inactive - and this is having a negative impact on their health. In the UK, 20 million people don't do any exercise at all. Finland used to have one of the highest mortality rates from heart disease but it's managed to reverse this trend. Dan and Catherine talk about Finland's experience and teach you new vocabulary. This week's question:According to a recent survey, how long does the average person in the UK spend sitting down every day? Is it: a) between 6 and 7 hours b) between 7 and 8 hours c) between 8 and 9 hours Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary sedentary
adjective used to describe a lifestyle which involves a lot of sitting and not much exercise life expectancy
the age to which you are expected to live shirker
someone who avoids doing something they don't like, usually because they are lazy tongue-in-cheek
something meant to be humorous and not taken seriously stern
adjective that means serious and strict clipboard
a board you attach papers to so that you can write on them as you walk around TranscriptThis is not a word for word transcript
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