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Being sedentary for more than six hours a day greatly increased the risk of neck pain, according to a systematic research review published in the journal BMC Public Health. The review’s authors looked ...

Objective To evaluate whether sedentary behaviour is a risk or prognostic factor for spinal pain in children and adolescents. Specifically, to estimate the (1) direction and strength of the ...

Sedentary behavior is defined as any waking activity with an energy expenditure of ≤1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs) while in a sitting or reclining posture. Essentially, this means that any activity ...

"Children are the mirror of their parents" is a cliché, but it describes the reality in certain contexts. At least in relation to physical inactivity, this was demonstrated by a study conducted by ...

Children and young adults who are couch potatoes could wind up with enlarged hearts, increasing their risk of heart attack, stroke and early death. Sedentary behavior contributed as much as 40% to the ...

When we want to go to the store, most of us lace up our sneakers, grab our car keys and head out the door. But for people with intellectual disabilities living in residential group homes and supported ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 3-month intervention reduced sedentary behavior and increased standing by about 1 hour during the workday for ...

In the first study to look at objective measures of sedentary behavior and cancer mortality, researchers found that greater inactivity was independently associated with a higher risk of dying from ...

Higher levels of sedentary behaviour in early to mid-pregnancy were associated with an increased risk for preeclampsia — especially severe and preterm forms, whereas higher levels of physical activity ...

Purpose: The association between physical activity and colorectal adenoma is equivocal. This study was designed to assess the relationship between physical activity and colorectal adenoma recurrence.