Health
Can video games help you level up your health?
You might assume that portraying video games as bad for your health would be as easy as shooting ducks on an old Nintendo.
Oct 29, 2020
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News tagged with sedentary behavior
Health
The importance of stretching throughout your workday
With some gyms closed and a number of people working from home, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it more difficult for many people to get in their daily workout. Sedentary behavior, including sitting for long periods of time, ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Health
If sitting at a desk all day is bad during coronavirus, could I lie down to work instead?
Most of us have heard that too much sitting is bad for you. Studies show sitting increases the risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality, Type 2 diabetes and cancer.
Sep 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 increased anxiety, depression for already stressed college students
College students were more anxious and depressed during the initial outbreak of COVID-19 than they were during similar time frames in previous academic years, according to a Dartmouth study.
Jul 27, 2020
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Study suggests interventions against frailty
Interventions aimed at reducing obesity and sedentary behavior, increasing intensity of physical activity, and improving success of smoking cessation tools have the potential to reduce the incidence of frailty, according ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Health
Exercise may help teens sleep longer, more efficiently
Getting more exercise than normal—or being more sedentary than usual—for one day may be enough to affect sleep later that night, according to a new study led by Penn State.
May 22, 2019
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Replacing sitting time with physical activity associated with lower risk of death
For those who get the least amount of physical activity, replacing a half hour of sitting time with physical activity was associated with up to a nearly 50% reduction in mortality, according to a new study from the American ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Cardiology
Behavioral intervention ups physical activity in T2DM
(HealthDay)—A behavioral intervention results in a sustained increase in physical activity and decrease in sedentary time among patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the March 5 issue of the Journal ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Cardiology
Want to fight heart disease? Stand up.
Too much sitting has long been criticized for contributing to premature mortality, Type 2 diabetes, and a host of other illnesses. In a new study of 5,638 women, we looked at how sedentary behavior was related to future cardiovascular ...
Mar 1, 2019
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Cardiology
Long periods of sedentary behavior may increase cardiovascular risk in older women
A new study has found that the longer older women sit or lay down during the course of a day—and the longer the individual periods of uninterrupted sitting—the greater their risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart ...
Feb 19, 2019
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