Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? Murat Dalkilinç investigates the hidden risks of sitting down. (YouTube link: https://youtu.be/wUEl8KrMz14) Story Source
BMC Public Health — Lee SH, et al. | November 04, 2019 Researchers conducted this cross-sectional study to explore the connection between sedentary behavior and chronic knee pain in a study population representative of the general Korean population aged > 50 years while also considering the physical activity or BMI. In this investigation, data from Korea’s 6th […]
Damian McNamara April 17, 2018 Prolonged periods of sitting in middle age is tied to brain atrophy, new research shows. Using MRI, investigators found sedentary behavior is a significant predictor of medial temporal lobe (MTL) thinning and its substructures and that physical activity, even at high levels, does not offset the harmful effects of sitting […]
March 28, 2018 TUESDAY, March 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Prolonged sitting time and low physical activity levels are tied to higher incidence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men, according to a study published online March 20 in BJU International. Heung Jae Park, from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues assessed the […]
by Alexandria Bachert MPH, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 11, 2017 Sitting more than half the day, regardless of how much exercise people got otherwise, was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality in a large prospective study of middle-aged and older adults in the U.S. Those spending more than 12.5 hours of sedentary time […]
June 19, 2017 73 percent increased risk for bladder cancer, 77 percent increased risk for renal THURSDAY, June 15, 2017 (HealthDay News) — New research adds to growing evidence that inactivity may be a significant risk factor for cancer, according to a report published online May 19 in Cancer Epidemiology. Rikki Cannioto, Ph.D., an assistant professor […]
Ahmad H Alghadir, Sami A Gabr, Einas S Al-Eisa Journal of Pain Research 2017, 10: 855-865 OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to evaluate the role of vitamin D, muscle fatigue biomarkers, and mechanical factors in the progression of low back pain (LBP) in schoolchildren. BACKGROUND: Children and adolescents frequently suffer from LBP with no clear […]
Date: January 18, 2017 Source: University of California – San Diego Summary: Elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older than their chronological age by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary, research shows. Researchers at University of California San […]
Amit V. Khera, M.D., Connor A. Emdin, D.Phil., Isabel Drake, Ph.D., Pradeep Natarajan, M.D., Alexander G. Bick, M.D., Ph.D., Nancy R. Cook, Ph.D., Daniel I. Chasman, Ph.D., Usman Baber, M.D., Roxana Mehran, M.D., Daniel J. Rader, M.D., Valentin Fuster, M.D., Ph.D., Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., Olle Melander, M.D., Ph.D., Marju Orho-Melander, Ph.D., Paul M Ridker, M.D., […]
PUBLIC RELEASE: 27-JUL-2016 THE LANCET A new study of over 1 million people finds that doing at least one hour of physical activity per day, such as brisk walking or cycling for pleasure, may eliminate the increased risk of death associated with sitting for 8h a day. Physical inactivity is linked to an increased risk of […]
03.21.2016 Susan Kotowski, PhD, and Kristina Volkmer, MPH, weigh in on new research by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today Researchers looked at 20 studies of standing desks and concluded that there was only very low-quality evidence that sit-stand desks were beneficial in the short run. And there was no evidence whatsoever that they helped […]
December 29, 2015 Diabetes Care TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Postmenopausal women were evaluated while participating in either prolonged, unbroken sitting or prolonged sitting disrupted by 5 minutes of standing or light-intensity walking every 30 minutes to determine the effect on postprandial cardiometabolic markers. Both standing and walking significantly reduced the incremental AUC for glucose and insulin, and […]
November 03, 2015 Less time spent engaged in light, moderate, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Compared with controls, females with fibromyalgia spend more time in sedentary behaviors and less time engaged in physical activity, according to a study published in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology. Víctor Segura-Jiménez, […]
Date: September 23, 2015 Source: University of Leeds Summary: New research suggests that the movements involved in fidgeting may counteract the adverse health impacts of sitting for long periods. New research suggests that the movements involved in fidgeting may counteract the adverse health impacts of sitting for long periods. In a study published today in […]
08.26.2015 Neither moderate physical activity in sedentary older adults nor nutritional supplementation in those with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) had a positive impact on cognitive function, according to two separate studies. In the first study, participants (ages 70-89) who undertook a 24-month physical activity program showed no difference in scores on the Digit Symbol Coding […]
Diana Swift June 02, 2015 Employees in predominantly desk-based occupations should be swapping their seats for their feet and accumulating 2 hours a day of standing and strolling walking during working hours, and eventually that should progress to 4 hours daily, according to a consensus statementpublished online June 1 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Workers are advised […]
by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today Children who watch at least an hour of television a day are more likely to be overweight or obese than those who watch less than an hour a day — but children are watching more than 3 hours a day on average, according to a new study presented […]
Jenni Laidman January 20, 2015 Prolonged sitting was associated with higher mortality from all causes, as well as increased incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes, even among people who exercise regularly, according to a meta-analysis published in the January 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. However, the analysis of 47 previously published articles […]