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Too Much Sitting

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: In Brief Even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can compromise metabolic health. Television (TV) time and objective measurement studies show deleterious associations, and breaking up sedentary time is beneficial. Sitting time, TV time, and time sitting in automobiles increase premature mortality risk. Further evidence from prospective studies, intervention trials, and population-based behavioral studies is required. Prolonged, unbroken sitting time is related adversely to cardio-metabolic health, and to premature all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.

Source: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

DOI: 10.1097/jes.0b013e3181e373a2

Authors: Neville Owen, Geneviève N. Healy, Charles E. Matthews, David W. Dunstan

Institutions: Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, The University of Queensland, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics

Language: English

Topic: Physical Activity and Health

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute