Westword: This just in: Treadmill desk may ward off death in sedentary women This just in: Treadmill desk may ward off death in sedentary women News Medical: Sedentary lifestyle and screen time linked to rising metabolic syndrome in Chinese youth Sedentary lifestyle and screen time linked to rising metabolic syndrome in Chinese youth Office workers of the world, rejoice! There is now a cure for the flat ass-syndrome that seems to creep up on the backsides of anyone who’s job requires sitting in a chair for nine hours a day, and it ... Sitting for long periods — such as in front of the TV or at a desk — seems to raise the risk of death from heart disease and cancer.
An inactive — also called sedentary — lifestyle is linked to many long-term health conditions, including high blood pressure. Set a reminder on your phone or computer to add some movement into your day. The lean sedentary people stood and walked for more than 2 hours per day longer than obese subjects. If the obese subjects were to adopt the same NEAT-o-type as the lean subjects, they might expend an additional 350 calories per day.
sedentary death syndrome, Thus, NEAT and specifically walking are of substan-tial energetic importance in obesity.”
