sedentary
Example Sentences
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It was an older group, ages 40 to 79, with an average of 62, and fairly sedentary, taking a median of 5,165 steps a day.
Workers in their 50s with physical injuries are thus receiving disability benefits “when they don’t need to be,” given that they could get a more sedentary job in the modern economy.
From Salon
For starters, older bodies — especially after years of a sedentary lifestyle — are more susceptible to injuries.
From Los Angeles Times
Given increases in the average human lifespan, the existing age cutoffs that presume a 50-year-old who can perform only sedentary work is disabled while a 49-year-old is not represent loose standards that need modernization.
From Los Angeles Times
Out of 175 metabolites analyzed in sedentary rats, 100 were significantly affected.
From Science Daily
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