This new questionnaire could help physicians more easily detect sedentary behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which standard questionnaires have had difficulty ...

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 ...

In patients with MAFLD, there is an association between leisure-time sedentary behavior and risk for CVD. An association exists between leisure-time sedentary behavior and increased risk for ...

Although sedentary behavior may be an evolutionarily selected trait, it is still important to try to be physically active, says a new study. Researchers have shown for the first time that genetic ...

We’ve all heard the adage “sitting is the new smoking” — but new research shows that being still for too long can have effects that go beyond the lungs and heart. Just six hours of sedentary behavior ...

Researchers analyzed accelerometer data from 3,982 adolescents aged 11 to 19 and survey measures of sedentary behavior from 6,302 participants in the International Physical Activity and the ...

Although sedentary behavior may be an evolutionarily selected trait, it is still important to try to be physically active, says a new study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Objective Energy-saving sedentary behaviour may be an evolutionarily selected trait that is no longer advantageous. We investigated the associations between genetic liability to sedentary behaviour ...

Do you spend too much time sitting or without movement? Parents' inactivity directly impacts children's sedentary habits. A study found children of inactive parents tend to be more sedentary.