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Report: Longer commutes cause health hazardous

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    Driving long distances causes weight gain, high blood pressure

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When it comes to getting to and from work every day -- -- to.

And you know it didn't eminence you're about wearing them at -- anywhere from my half or two sometimes.

Probably about.

The takes forever and it -- so much time in your day but sitting in traffic can do more than just get on your -- -- -- when -- running late and try to get through traffic and there's no way to get around if he can also get under your Steve.

-- more ways than one all depends -- other people to in the weather in construction.

Some.

-- A new study in the journal of preventative medicine found that people with -- longer commutes.

Are more likely to be overweight and have high blood pressure experts believe spending more time in car.

People last time to work out.

Or they could be burning fewer calories because they're sitting longer people are overly -- they don't have enough time they don't.

Aren't active and -- Edberg would Lifetime Fitness says it's no surprise heavy traffic can cause stress and chronic stress can prompt her body to store fat in your belly.

It's estimated that -- a hundred times more stress and -- grandparents.

So you can see that's why we're starting a store on her midsection of blood pressures.

There's going up -- not sleeping well we're getting little -- getting depressed quite honestly sometimes.

I -- some -- but.

But I want to help keep -- away.

Filled moments as commuting up to 45 minutes each -- sometimes makes it difficult.

To get to the gym every day.

Get home and after 45 minutes on the road -- wanna get my car again.

They had over the lifetime you.

But finding ways to exercise during the day like walking during lunch or bringing healthy snacks in the car -- these steps.

In the right direction we all know working out a good bit of the board becomes part of the public -- or for more help what it.

You feel like everybody else starts firming up you don't want to be left behind.

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