New research from the University of South Australia challenges conventional wisdom about sedentary behavior and its effects on brain health. The groundbreaking study reveals that certain types of ...

A growing body of work conducted in healthy and clinical populations indicates that high levels of sedentary behaviour are associated with increased systemic inflammation independent of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prolonged sedentary time was associated with incident atrial fibrillation in older women, but adjustment for ...

A sedentary lifestyle refers to a lack of significant physical activity. It is becoming a significant public health issue and relates to a range of chronic health conditions. Most people living a ...

In May 2013, we searched the following databases: Medline, Excerpta Medica (EMBASE), Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), ...

Sedentary behavior is now ubiquitous in many walks of life and a risk factor for so many health problems that scientists are increasingly studying its effects. They now have an “encyclopedia” in the ...

Clocking up 6 or more hours of sedentary leisure time every day may double a woman’s risk of uterine fibroids before she’s gone through the menopause, suggests research published in the open access ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Shilpa Dogra, Faculty of Health Sciences (Kinesiology), University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa L1H 7K4, Canada; shilpa.dogra{at}uoit.ca This consensus statement has ...

1 Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Science, Geelong, Victoria, Australia 2 School of Science and Health, ...

Sedentary birds face considerably higher risk of extinction than migratory birds, reports a new paper published in the journal Current Biology. The findings have implications for the conservation of ...