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Not only that, but all of that sedentary behavior can affect your mind, too.

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Read on for more about what it isand how you’re free to do it, too.

In exercise snacking, you don’t exercise in one go as you would traditionally.

Or you could take a single jog around your block several times a day.

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Or you could do a lightning round of burpees for just 15 seconds every other hour.

“The result is that we can become insulin-resistant.

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