Among women with more than 10 hours/day of sedentary behavior or less than 5 hours/day of light-intensity physical activity, risk increased exponentially.

Adolescents who replaced just half an hour of sedentary behaviors, such as sitting on the couch or spending time at the computer, each day for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity or sleep may lower ...

During pregnancy, women can reduce their risk of developing a hypertensive disorder by nearly 30% by limiting sedentary time ...

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 ...

Researchers from the Arnold Healthy Kids Initiative and Research Center for Child Well-Being have continued publishing results from their three-year study examining the health effects of providing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older men who spent more time engaging in sedentary behavior had a higher risk for sustaining a fracture.

In older adults, increased sedentary time was associated with smaller brain volume, greater neurodegeneration, and worse cognitive performance, especially among apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carriers, ...

Dr. Deborah Rohm Young's work might move you – or at least make you think about moving around a bit. As director of behavioral research in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of ...