Sedentary Behavior

Children and young adults who have longer sedentary time are more likely to have high C-reactive protein levels, an indicator of greater inflammation, according to study findings.

CHICAGO — Preference for using a movement-prompting rehabilitation device was higher among adults with mild Parkinson’s disease, with safety concerns growing in those with more advanced disease, according to research.

Adolescents who were sedentary had greater increases in left ventricular mass than those who were physically active, according to a study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports.

People from low socioeconomic status areas who also had low levels of physical activity had worse health outcomes than those with low levels of physical activity from more affluent areas, according to researchers.

Engaging in light physical activity in lieu of sedentary time may help Black Caribbean men to reduce their adiposity, according to study results published in Obesity.

A 6-month intervention with an exercise target of 10,000 steps per day may slow aortic root dilation in pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome, according to study data published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

People who sit for more than 8 hours per day have elevated risk for death and major CV events compared with those who sit for less than 4 hours per day, according to new data from the PURE cohort study.

Association between objectively measured sedentary behavior and incident atrial fibrillation.

Prolonged sedentary time was associated with incident atrial fibrillation in older women, but adjustment for self-reported health and physical function suggested other patient characteristics may be at play, researchers reported.

According to a meta-analysis of three studies, prolonged TV viewing was associated with elevated risk for venous thromboembolism, independent of traditional risk factors, including age, sex, BMI and physical activity.