New research has found that not all forms of
sedentariness are equal when it comes to the extent to which they put heart health at risk.
The committee heard stark evidence that levels of physical activity and
sedentariness among children in Wales are some of the poorest in the world.
According to a recent study from the Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Clinical Epidemiology, replacing half an hour's
sedentariness a day with everyday activity reduces the risk of fatal cardiovascular disease by 24 per cent.
Another factor that contributes to increase weight is
sedentariness. Watching television, playing electronic games, and surfing the internet are the main leisure activities of the majority of the children (441-88.91%).
The fact that obesity (most of the time induced by
sedentariness) is more frequent in the areas with a higher economic development can also be seen on the map, the counties in Transylvania or Banat having higher levels versus others less economically developed.
Lutz (2002) proposes gender, sexuality, race, skin colour, ethnicity, nationality, class, culture, ability, age,
sedentariness, origin, wealth, regionality, religion, and stage of social development as salient characteristics of difference (as cited in Yuval-Davis 2006).
The act of providing social support to pregnant women entails giving assistance on most physical activity domains such as household chores, transportation and even occupation, and could impact on the amount and intensity of physical activity engaged by the pregnant women with a resultant increase in
sedentariness of the pregnant women.
While walking campaigns initially targeted physical activity during leisure-time, this did little to address
sedentariness at work.
[4] This phenomenon may explain the high prevalence of excess adiposity in both settings as learned obesogenic practices such as
sedentariness and unhealthy eating may be adopted by rural communities.
With the aging of the population and the maintenance of a modern lifestyle marked by
sedentariness, poor nutrition and high stress levels, there is a rise in the number of individuals with chronic conditions.
Our results enforce the fact that epidemic of
sedentariness has penetrated the rural household with rapidly increasing the use of technologies and increased the use of vehicles for commuting.
Generally, physical activity adherence is examined by social psychologists and health psychologists to prevent
sedentariness. Reviews of the gerontological literature on this topic reveal a number of socioeconomic, demographic, psychological, attitudinal, and accessibility correlates and/or determinants of physical activity (PA) [1-5].