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Care To Offset All Your Office Sitting? It'll Take Just An Hour A Day A new study of over 1 million people finds that doing at least one hour of physical activity per day may eliminate the increased risk of death associated with sitting for 8 hours a day.

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"The inequities that persist are everyone's problem," wrote Sandberg. "Gender inequality harms men and women, racism hurts whites and minorities, and equal opportunity benefits us all. We need to help everyone understand that equality is necessary for our industry and economy."
"We quite simply can't afford to miss out on the contributions of half the population," she added. "The numbers of women in tech are plummeting: women were 35 percent of CS [Computer Science] majors in 1985, but only 18 percent today. Women are missing out on high-impact, flexible, well-paid, and exciting careers, and the industry is missing out on their ideas."

Facebook & Lean In's Sheryl Sandberg on How Everyone Can Promote Diversity Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, and despite working for a year to create more diverse workplaces with higher levels of Latinos, blacks and women, progress has been slow. But there are bright minds...