IELTS Listening Exercise 67 – Too Much Sitting

Difficulty level: Semi Hard

Listen to the following interview with a doctor about the risks of too much sitting, and fill the gaps in the sentences below:

Too Much Sitting

1. We spend about 10 hours a day sitting, which is an unprecedented _____ _____ activity.
2. There are significant health risks _____ _____ sitting, for instance decreased life _____.
3. Diabetes, obesity, heart disease and cancer are things that you wouldn’t intuitively associate with a sedentary _____.
4. Our bodies _____ lack of movement as a _____.

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