Chances are you’ve heard that sitting for long periods of time can mess with your health — even if you hit the gym regularly. The more time you spend on your butt, the higher your risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and early death, according to hoards of studies that compare people’s sedentary time to their health records. Scientists know that sitting is bad, but they’ve only just discovered what appears to be the best remedy: Walking — for as little as two minutes per hour (American Society of Nephrology). While most people in the study were largely sedentary, those who walked around for about two minutes per hour had a 33 percent lower risk of death during the study than people who sat without walking breaks.