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sedentary-behavior
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Euronewsscience11 days ago
Study links each extra hour of prolonged sitting to 10% higher cancer death risk, finds light activity cuts risk
A PLOS Medicine study of 90,000 UK Biobank volunteers linked extended sitting bouts to higher cancer incidence and mortality. Replacing one hour of prolonged sedentary behavior with light activity cut cancer death risk by 12%.
Fox Newsscience49 days ago
Study Links Mentally Active Sitting to Lower Dementia Risk
Swedish researchers tracked more than 20,000 adults for 19 years and found that mentally active sedentary behaviors were associated with reduced dementia risk compared with passive sitting. The findings were published in March in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.