sedentary
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Cao's team has previously studied numerous factors that can shape cancer risk over a person's lifetime, including obesity, metabolic dysregulation, alcohol consumption, sedentary behavior, poor diet quality and cesarean delivery.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A new study found that every additional hour of prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary behavior was associated with a 9% higher risk of dying from cancer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sitting for many shorter periods may not carry the same associations as remaining sedentary for longer, uninterrupted stretches.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
In addition, researchers did not have information about the circumstances in which participants were sedentary, such as whether they were sitting while working or driving.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
A more indirect way involved the consequences of the sedentary lifestyle enforced by food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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