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opening up his own private life to scrutiny, too. >> are your own personal indiscretions fair game in this campaign? >> yes, they would be. >> reporter: the clintons not commenting and this may be just the beginning. bill clinton goes out for his first solo trip campaigning on behalf of his wife in new hampshire on monday. donald trump has a campaign event just 20 miles away on the very same day. cecilia vega, abc news, new york. you know, it's interesting that trump in defense of his nice words for president clinton in 2008, he said that those were his obligation as a world-class businessman. >> all around good guy then. >> yeah, so what does that make him now? >> by the way, should point out starting in the new year, trump says he's going to spend $2 million every week on campaign ads and curious to see who he attacks. so many of his rivals are gaining some momentum including ted cruz, as well. coming up, do you sit too much? >> probably. we sit a lot. >> many medical experts say yes. that's not always healthy. expert advice for the new year. next.
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morning america." get on your feet, the weight is off your shoulder get on your feet >> okay. so as we begin the new year and pledge to make changes in our closer look at this. this, that's actually how many of us work huddled over our computers sitting for hours on end which can lead to a number of health problems. joining us now, alexa pozniak and ginger boermeester and the owners of life cycle wellness. you saw my beautiful posture there. we want to talk about sitting disease. what exactly is sitting disease? >> it's used to o scribe a cascade of negative effects periods of sitting. the average american sits for eight to ten hours a day. they get in their car, commute to work, sit behind a desk eight hours, maybe more, commute home, sit at the dinner table in front of the tv, in bed, they're done.
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necessarily workright? >> exactly. work on the side. >> how do we combat this? i know that life cycle that you guys go in and try to help people out with this. >> sure. some of the symptoms associated with this are you're at increased risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, musculoskeletal symptoms, as well. that's where yoga poses come in. >> all from sitting you have these problems. >> all from sitting extended periods of sitting. > all right. so what are some things we can do in everyday life? >> there's some simple and effective poses that you can do the an your work station. >> i'm here. >> at the office. >> this is me sweating away on the scripts as i do every night. >> exactly. so you're not realizing that
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posture is affected. you want to take a break-throughout your workday. and just take a moment, connect, breathe, and realize where you're holding your tension within your body. >> it's in the reena reads. all in the scripts. >> researchers say to combat sitting disease, every 20 minutes that you're sitting, get up for eight minutes. you can stand whether it's taking a conference call or just standing up and then two minutes of activity so that could be walking around the office, walking to the bathroom, 20-8-2. is there one other really quick tip? >> yes, so the seated twist. we didn't get to that. each direction. yep. and the other direction. yeah. >> all right. >> and then just some simple head, neck and shoulder rolls. drop the chin to your chest and just start to work your head, neck and shoulder roll. straightforward. >> okay. >> so to each side and let the weight of your head drop so that the neck can lengthen, the jaw
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through that. >> little movements can make a big difference. >> i feel a lot more relaxed in two seconds. right. but those reena scripts stress me out all the time. thank you so much. alexa and ginger from life cycle wellness. you're watching "world news now." now we can do with a drink. would that help? alexa and ginger from life cycle wellness. you're watching "world news now." now we can do with a drink. would that help? drink. would that help? >> important message for residents age 50 to 85. write down this number now. right now, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you are on a fixed income, learn about affordable whole life insurance that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason.
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couldn't get over how great carrie fisher looked reprising her role as princess leia in the new "star wars" movie, "the force awakens." >> the star has been catching heat over her body image and now that she's taking on what some say is a double standard in hollywood. here's abc's amy beau robach. >> reporter: that iconic gold bikini from "return of the jedi," and that pose on the poster for the original 1977 "star wars" blockbuster made carrie fisher and her alter ego princess leia the far away galaxy's ultimate sex symbol. now nearly 40 years later, the "star wars" heroine facing backlash on social media. her age and appearance in "star wars: the force awakens," under wars the force awake ands under intense scrutiny. one critic tweeting age punched her in the face. another saying she looks old and unhealthy.
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>> reporter: never one to shy away from touchy subjects, she opened up to me earlier this month about slimming down to reprise the role of leia i"the force awakens." >> you physically transformed for this role. >> yes, i did. they told me to lose weight and in the first one, too. was that that big of a deal. no, they want to hire three-fourths of me. >> reporter: even admitting to "good housekeeping u.k." for women in hollywood, looks to matter. i'm in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance. that is so messed up. >> she's been vocal in saying hollywood is harder on aging actresses than it is on actors. >> i don't know who you are or where you came from. from now on, you do as i tell you, okay? >> many joining fisher in the fight against online haters posting comments you were my hero as a girl and now as a woman and carrie fish ser like a
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amy robach, abc news, new york. >> wow. she looked great. critics say it was mark hamill who was virtually unrecognizable. >> listen to the critic its, not the internet trolls. >> i wonder what you would look like in that role. >> is that me? >> you're unrecognizable, as well. >> unrecognizable. are you chewy? >> yes. >> i like it. we'll leave it at that. that's the news for this half hour. that's the news for this half hour.e it at that.
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hour. midnight... it's a huge day for our city. and our whole team has you covered, we'll talk about tonight's security efforts. plus--micah has all the big road closures. and greg's got our new year's eve forecast. but first we want to start with jessica who's tracking breaking news.. a major fire to tell you about.
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