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“Do I have a feeling of making a positive impact on community and society?” In US survey data 19 percent of respondents answered “never” or “rarely” to the question. (Image: istock.com/azatvaleev)

Too Much Sitting A Silent Threat to Heart Health

In 2513 children followed up from age 11 to 24 years, increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood significantly increased systolic blood pressure. However, a simulation replacing 10 minutes every hour of sedentary time in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood with 10 minutes of light physical activity resulted in a cumulative reduction of systolic blood pressure by -3 mmHg. Image: Andrew Agbaje.

Light Physical Activity Shown to Counter Blood Pressure Rise from Sedentary Time

woman exercising with light weight dumbells

Five Minutes of Daily Exercise Could Help Lower Blood Pressure, New Study Shows

The figure presents the change in back pain intensity on a scale from 0 to 10. The blue bars represent individuals in the intervention group that reduced sitting and the red bars represent the control participants who did not change their sitting habits. Most of the participants in the intervention group decreased their back pain whereas the back pain in the control participants tended to increase.

Study Finds Reducing Daily Sitting Time May Prevent Back Pain Worsening

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