Sitting at your desk all day is just as bad for you as smoking

Being a writer isn't exactly the most physical job -- I'm relegated to a desk all day, so the only exercise I get is on my own time. This is a far cry from the job I had in university -- I worked for a busy courier company and was constantly walking and lifting. And man, was I ever fit, despite the fact that you never saw me within 50 feet of a gym.

So here's an interesting headline I came across: Sitting at a desk all days is 'as bad for health as smoking.' Really?! But isn't smoking, like, the absolute worst thing you can do for yourself? And sitting at a desk, a thing that so many of us do, is actually worse than that? Wow.

Why? Sitting at a desk all day leads to obesity. But it doesn't have to -- I know sitting in front of the TV is an attractive option after long day at work, but you've been sitting all day! Head to the gym and prove the statistics wrong.