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 ...

Leonie Heron and colleagues say that as well as sedentary behavior causing thousands of deaths per year, sitting or lying for six hours or more per day is at the root of the £424m per year spent on ...

New research published in The Journal of Physiology suggests that certain foods that are high in flavanols, such as tea and ...

An international report with recommendations designed to counteract school-related sedentary behaviour in children and youth, exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, has been released by the ...

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 ...

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.

Bytes don't have any calories, nor do they spread diseases, but your internet speed does seem to be associated with your ...

Sedentary behavior contributed as much as 40% to the total increase in heart size between the ages of 17 and 24, researchers found. Photo by Pixabay Children and young adults who are couch potatoes ...

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 ...

When our activity levels approach a sedentary state, it signals an urgent requirement for lifestyle adjustments ...