Lack of physical exercise is often implicated in many disease processes. However, sedentary behavior, or too much sitting, as distinct from too little exercise, potentially could be a new risk factor for disease. The August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine features a collection of articles that addresses many aspects of the problem of sedentary behavior, including the relevantThere is more written here
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Too much sitting - a new risk factor for disease.
This is not really news anymore, but the studies are coming.....
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Sedentary lifestyle has become the most common causes of many diseases and for sure, as more people find reasons to focus on their career and get tiesd to their chair for 8 hours, the rate of lifestyle diseases will balloon.
The authors emphasize that achieving approaches and initiatives and policies are becoming part of the inactivity and the health research agenda.
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