* Prolonged sitting accelerates brain shrinkage, especially in memory-related areas * Physical activity alone doesn't undo the damage of excessive //sitting * APOE- (and) #949;4 gene carriers face ...

Desk workers spent most of their time sitting at their desks throughout their workday. In a typical 8-hour workday, workers ...

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Excessive sitting isn't good for a person's physical or mental health, but there's a type of sedentary activity that may not shrink our brains or cost our cognition to the same extent. A systematic ...

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Passive activities such as watching television have been linked to worse memory and cognitive skills, while 'active sitting' like playing cards or reading correlate with better brain health, ...

Sitting a lot can increase dementia risk, but activities that engage the brain may help offset that risk, unlike passive activities like watching TV that increase risk. A recent study found each daily ...

People are becoming more and more sedentary in today's society, which comes with a host of health risks, from cardiovascular disease to Type 2 diabetes and obesity. Spending too much time sitting and ...