Too Little Exercise and Too Much Sitting: Inactivity Physiology and the Need for New Recommendations on Sedentary Behavior
By M. Hamilton, G. Healy, David W. Dunstan, T. Zderic, N. Owen. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, 2008
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Moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity has an established preventive role in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and some cancers. However, recent epidemiologic evidence suggests that sitting time has deleterious cardiovascular and metabolic effects that are independent of whether adults meet physical activity guidelines. Evidence from “inactivity physiology” laboratory studies has identified unique mechanisms that are distinct from the biologic bases of exercising. Opportunities for sedentary behaviors are ubiquitous and are likely to increase with further innovations in technologies. We present a compelling selection of emerging evidence on the deleterious effects of sedentary behavior, as it is underpinned by the unique physiology of inactivity. It is time to consider excessive sitting a serious health hazard, with the potential for ultimately giving consideration to the inclusion of too much sitting (or too few breaks from sitting) in physical activity and health guidelines.
Subfields: Applied Psychology, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle. (2010, background): “standing and light-intensity ambulatory activities can vary widely (Healy et al. 2007; Hamilton et al. 2008).”
- Sitting time and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. (2009, result): “The results of this study provide evidence to support the suggestion that recommendations to limit sedentary time may be important for public health (11).”
- Sitting time and all-cause mortality risk in 222 497 Australian adults. (2012, background): “tary behavior have different influences on the body, supporting their independent effects on health.(31) Our findings suggested not only an association between sitting and all-cause mortality that was independent of physical activity but, because the findings persisted after adjustment and stratific”
- Physical activity for health: What kind? How much? How intense? On top of what? (2011, background): “Physiologic studies of light activities, such as standing, report not only substantial muscular activity but also healthful metabolic change, thereby providing support for the evidence that light activities are beneficial with respect to sedentary activity (24, 25, 51, 52, 91, 100).”