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	GLOBALink - Distribution and determinants of sedentary lifestyles in the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Another objective was to study two alternative definitions of a sedentary lifestyle and analyse differences in the prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle according to the geographical distribution of participants and to some socio-demographic variables, such as gender, age, marital status, and the highest educational level attained.
		The purpose of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of sedentary lifestyle in the EU, and to explore the socio-demographic conditions that determine this prevalence.
		In summary, we provide estimates of the distribution of sedentary lifestyles in the EU and their association with several socio-demographic characteristics that should be taken into account for future intervention and the prevention efforts that are urgently needed.
	www.globalink.org /19483 (4525 words)

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		Sedentary lifestyle denotes a level of exercise less than that needed to maintain good health.
		For example: the number of people who are regularly physically active at work; the number of people who are regularly physically active outside of work; the amount of energy expended during physical activity (which is a measure of cardiovascular fitness).
		The following information indicates that the decrease in sedentary lifestyle observed in almost all age groups in 1997/98 did not remain in 1999/00 in Calgary Region.
	www.crha-health.ab.ca /hocr/influ/phyact/adultsed.htm (194 words)

	2005 DGAC report - Part D. Science Base, Sect. 3. Discretionary Calories
		Sedentary represents in dark gray the essential calories used to consume a relatively nutrient-dense food pattern to meet nutrient needs for a sedentary male and on top of the essential calories, in light gray, the remaining, or discretionary, calories to achieve energy balance based on the USDA food modeling system.
		Sedentary represents in dark gray the essential calories used to consume a relatively nutrient-dense food pattern to meet nutrient needs for a sedentary female and on top of the essential, in light gray, the remaining, or discretionary, calories to achieve energy balance based on the USDA food modeling system.
		Moderately active means a lifestyle that includes physical activity equivalent to walking about 1.5 to 3 miles per day at 3 to 4 miles per hour, in addition to the light physical activity associated with typical day-to-day life and results in a slight increase in essential calories for the moderately active woman.
	www.health.gov /dietaryguidelines/dga2005/report/HTML/D3_DiscCalories.htm (3599 words)

	Changing Sedentary Lifestyle Among Adult Utahns
		Sedentary lifestyle as a recognized risk factor for health outcomes is a relatively new concept.
		In order to meet the challenge of changing sedentary lifestyle in Utah, Studies III and IV examine the influences of ten factors on physical activity, including the effects of individual socio-demographic characteristics, health insurance status, and relationships with others in family and community.
		In sum, to change the trend of sedentary lifestyle in Utah, public health initiatives must be multifaceted, family- and community-focused, targeted to specific groups, as well as grounded in the research of health education, social sciences and behavior change, and effective social-marketing.
	dsmedinfo.med.utah.edu /hs/5as3.htm (4505 words)

	Sustained physical exercise prevents heart failure, research shows
		The researchers also report that a sedentary lifestyle, in addition to aging, puts older people at risk for heart failure, the leading cause of hospitalizations for patients over 65 and a condition that affects eight out of every 1,000 people older than 70.
		Twelve healthy but sedentary seniors (all about 70 years old), 12 Masters athletes (average age of 68) and 14 young, sedentary controls, (average age of 29) were tested.
		A sedentary lifestyle is detrimental to one's health, but starting and sticking with an endurance-training program plays a major role in reversing the damage done to the heart, even if that program is initiated later in life, he added.
	www.newstarget.com /003053.html (538 words)

	Distribution and determinants of sedentary lifestyles in the European Union -- Varo et al. 32 (1): 138 -- International ...
		of assessing the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles in populations
		sedentary lifestyle in an urban population in Switzerland
		Contribution of a sedentary lifestyle and inactivity to the etiology of overweight and obesity: current evidence and research issues.
	ije.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/32/1/138 (4040 words)

	Why Get Moving?
		Obesity and sedentary lifestyle may be debits to both your bottom line and to your employees’ health and happiness.
		A separate study of the same group showed reductions in tobacco use, sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low dietary fiber intake and poor motor vehicle safety practices.
		Sedentary lifestyle is a key cause of weight gain and obesity.
	www.aurorahealthcare.org /services/business/getmoving/why-get-moving.asp (943 words)

	Health Objectives for the Nation Prevalence of Selected Risk Factors for Chronic Disease by Education Level in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sedentary lifestyle was defined as reported participation in fewer than three 20-minute sessions of leisure-time physical activity per week; physical activity as part of usual job activities was not included.
		Among women, a sedentary lifestyle was reported most frequently by fls (68%) and least frequently by whites (56%).
		Among men, the prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle was highest for both fls (63%) and Hispanics (62%) and lowest for American Indians/Alaskan Natives (51%).
	www.cdc.gov /MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00033868.htm (1683 words)

	Physical Activity and Fitness
		Sedentary lifestyle and obesity are two of the behavioral risk factors that have led West Virginia to such a high rate of death from heart disease.
		UPDATE Sedentary lifestyle is defined as engaging in leisure-time physical activity for less than 20 minutes at least three times a week.
		At the present rate of increase, the year 2000 prevalence of sedentary lifestyle is forecast to be 69.2%.
	www.wvdhhr.org /bph/hp2000/pa.htm (1038 words)

	World Health Day
		Preliminary data from a WHO study on risk factors suggest that inactivity, or sedentary lifestyle, is one of the 10 leading global causes of death and disability.
		Sedentary lifestyles increase all causes of mortality, double the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and obesity, and substantially increase the risks of colon cancer, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, depression and anxiety.
		In addition to other lifestyle changes, the consequences are growing levels of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.
	www.un-bd.org /unwa/HomePage/Publications/womun-vol27/0204/p14-health.htm (672 words)

	WHO \| Sedentary lifestyle: a global public health problem
		Sedentary lifestyle is a major underlying cause of death, disease, and disability.
		Approximately 2 million deaths every year are attributable to physical inactivity; and preliminary findings from a WHO study on risk factors suggest that sedentary lifestyle is one of the ten leading causes of death and disability in the world.
		Even in rural areas of developing countries sedentary pastimes, such as watching television, are increasingly popular.
	www.who.int /moveforhealth/advocacy/information_sheets/sedentary/en (352 words)

	Media Risks
		Of these lifestyle risks, some of the most difficult to manage and control are those associated with children's increasingly sedentary lifestyles - especially the time they spend consuming commercial media.
		This strategy targets elementary children (grades 3-6) because they are in the process of forming their sedentary lifestyle practices, are subject to peer influence, and because parental concern and involvement in media use or its alternatives is highest.
		A take-home parental survey will examine the degree to which parents are aware of and concerned about sedentary lifestyle risks to their children and what they are capable of and willing to do about these risk factors.
	www.sfu.ca /media-lab/risk/new/researchrisktohealth.html (3991 words)

	CBC News:Sedentary lifestyle, obesity hurt health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		VANCOUVER - Obesity and sedentary lifestyles are putting Canadians at risk for type 2 diabetes, health care workers warn.
		A sedentary lifestyle is a risk factor for heart disease and diabetes
		Technology plays a role in our sedentary lifestyle, according to Dr. Mark Tremblay, the dean of the kinesiology college at the University of Saskatchewan.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2002/10/03/obesity021003 (319 words)

	AMA (Virtual Mentor) Journal Discussion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The escalating pandemics of obesity and sedentary lifestyle.
		Using “pandemic” in this article’s title suggests that obesity and sedentary lifestyle constitute a broad public health problem, akin to an infectious disease outbreak where everyone is at risk.
		If treating a patient for obesity and sedentary lifestyle requires more frequent communication than conventional treatments, is it part of a physician’s responsibility to extend the scope of his or her practice to include emailing, calling, or use of other techniques to “keep them from falling off the wagon?”
	www.ama-assn.org /ama/pub/category/12631.html (1619 words)

	Physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle and obesity in the European Union
		obesity in Western populations information about the impact of physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyles on the prevalence of obesity among the general adult population in the European Union is sparse.
		Sedentary lifestyle was assessed by means of self-reported hours spent sitting down during leisure time.
		Conclusions: Obesity and higher body weight are strongly associated with a sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity in the adult population of the European Union.
	www.nature.com /cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/ijo/journal/v23/n11/abs/0801049a.html (477 words)

	Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Coronary Heart Disease Attributable to Sedentary Lifestyle -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the BRFSS survey, sedentary lifestyle was the most prevalent (58%) modifiable risk factor for CHD reported, followed by cigarette smoking, 25%; obesity, 22%; hypertension, 17%; and diabetes, 5% (Figure 1).
		Also, the apparent effects of sedentary lifestyle may be influenced by other, unmeasured risk factors that may not be modifiable by increasing physical activity.
		Several of the 13 state programs to reduce the risk for CHD attributable to sedentary lifestyle are in the planning phase; others already have implemented walking campaigns, worksite activity competitions, and media campaigns to increase awareness and participation.
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001723.htm (1190 words)

	Sedentary lifestyle in early childhood identified as major risk factor for obesity
		Sedentary lifestyle in early childhood identified as major risk factor for obesity
		Research among young children in Scotland in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how the sedentary lifestyle that increases the risk of obesity-common in industrialised countries-can be apparent in children as young as three years of age.
		Average physical activity values in the study were within accepted ranges for light to sedentary work, and show that lifestyles of this sample of young children were sedentary and would increase obesity risk.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-01/l-sli011404.php (482 words)

	Heart Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Coronary Artery Disease is a lifestyle related diseases.
		The formation of blockages develops from teen age, develops silently through middle age, increases the blockages in the arteries, obstructing the smooth flow of blood.
		The development of these blockages are accelerated due to stress, sedentary lifestyle, incorrect diet, harmful habits like smoking and the like, explained in details later.
	www.ipc-india.com /heart-encyclopedia/details.asp?Id=4 (413 words)

	Sedentary Lifestyle May Be Created in the Womb
		Some New Zealand researchers suggest that the well known association between obesity, metabolic syndrome, sedentary behavior, and overeating might be linked to how nourished a woman is during pregnancy.
		Pups that were undernourished in the womb were significantly more sedentary after weaning and as they grew compared with those born from rats that ate a diet that had free access to food.
		Researchers also found that the offspring born to the undernourished mother, when placed on a high-calorie diet, seemed to worsen their sedentary behavior, these pups also ate more.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/72/81620.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348} (327 words)

	The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Exercise, an Active Lifestyle, and Obesity
		This increased prevalence of overweight is paralleled by an increase in inactivity.
		In addition, Dunn et al (25) recently reported that in 235 previously sedentary adults, a lifestyle activity intervention is as effective as a structured exercise program in improving physical activity, aerobic fitness, and blood pressure.
		Given that a sedentary lifestyle and obesity have been added to the American Heart Association's list of major risk factors for heart disease (29), it is important for physicians to address these two modifiable risk factors.
	www.physsportsmed.com /issues/1999/10_01_99/andersen.htm (3068 words)

	Bristol University \| News \| Sedentary lifestyles
		Six out of ten people in the UK are classified as having a sedentary lifestyle which could put their health at risk, according to new research into the lifestyles of men and women in the European Union, published in the current edition of the International Journal of Epidemiology.
		A lower prevalence of sedentary lifestyle was found in Northern countries (especially Scandinavian countries) as compared with Mediterranean countries (see table below).
		The report shows that sedentary lifestyles are prevalent across the European Union and warns of the health consequences of this large-scale inactivity, especially as people with low levels of physical activity were also more likely to be smokers and to be obese.
	www.bris.ac.uk /news/2003/172 (518 words)

	Sedentary Lifestyle Impairs Arthritic Elderly (Northwestern University News)
		CHICAGO --- A sedentary lifestyle in older adults with arthritis, particularly women and minorities, is associated with declining ability to perform basic functional tasks of daily living, a Northwestern University study has found.
		Dorothy Dunlop and colleagues from Feinberg School of Medicine and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago described the findings of their study of over 5,700 women and men aged 65 and older with arthritis in an article published in the April issue of the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism.
		Sedentary lifestyle was the most prevalent risk factor, reported by over 64 percent of the study participants.
	www.northwestern.edu /univ-relations/media_relations/releases/2005/04/arthritis.html (515 words)

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		And, as previously mentioned, sedentary lifestyle and obesity carry significant economic burdens.
		The relationship between being overweight due to inactive lifestyle and severe, chronic health concerns, according to Manson et al, is significant enough to prompt clinicians, and in particular physicians, to devote part of their patient interaction to discussing the necessity of physical activity and good nutrition as elements of a healthy lifestyle.
		If treating a patient for obesity and sedentary lifestyle requires more frequent communication than conventional treatments, is it part of a physician’s responsibility to extend the scope of his or her practice to include emailing, calling, or use of other techniques to “keep them from falling off the wagon?” References 1.
	www.ama-assn.org /ama1/pub/upload/mm/384/jdisc2_kraut_ro_0704.doc (1845 words)

	Sedentary Lifestyle
		A physically active lifestyle benefits your heart in several ways: It increases your heart's ability to pump blood, promotes weight loss and can help protect against high blood pressure and diabetes.
		A sedentary lifestyle doesn't exercise the heart — a muscle — so it can lose its strength, flexibility and endurance.
		A sedentary life is defined as being physically inactive at work and at home and failing to participate in exercise for at least 20 continuous minutes at least three times a week.
	womenshealth.aetna.com /WH/ihtWH/r.WSIHW000/st.36134/t.36244.html (730 words)

	Living Off the Land
		Understand the advantages of a sedentary lifestyle over that of a non-sedentary lifestyle.
		Food surpluses and division of labor were two direct results of sedentary lifestyles.
		Ask the students to choose two factors influencing the evolution from hunter-gatherer societies to sedentary societies, and write an essay explaining how these factors contributed to this transformation.
	www.globaled.org /curriculum/liveoffland.html (475 words)

	WHO EMRO - WORLD HEALTH DAY 2002
		Low- and middle-income countries suffer the greatest impact from these and other non-communicable diseases – 77% of the total number of deaths caused by non-communicable diseases occur in developing countries.
		However, physical inactivity is not merely the result of an individual’s lifestyle choices.
		With insufficient budgets to promote physical activity, governments often fail to educate the public about the risks of sedentary lifestyle.
	www.emro.who.int /WHD2002/QandA.htm (1048 words)

	Management of Dyslipidemia in Primary Care - Annotation E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Clinical trials, as well as epidemiologic studies, support the association of a high-fat/cholesterol diet, sedentary lifestyle and obesity with risk of ASCVD (Califf et al., 1996; Berlin and Colditz, 1990; Beresford et al., 1997; McCarron et al., 1997).
		All patients need to be advised on lifestyle changes as a matter of general health (NCEP III, 2001), and appropriate referral for counseling may be advisable.
		A sedentary lifestyle is associated with a twofold increase in ASCVD risk (Blair, 1994).
	www.oqp.med.va.gov /cpg/DL/dl_cpg/content/annotations/annoE.htm (761 words)

	Rx.magazine \| Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: What's the Connection?
		Researchers attributed the whopping increase to sedentary lifestyle and poor nutrition, which together have caused obesity rates to rise in the United States.
		The disease has three variations: gestational diabetes, occurring during pregnancy and usually disappearing afterward; type 1 diabetes, which occurs in young children and adolescents and is sometimes referred to as juvenile-onset diabetes; and type 2 diabetes, or adult-onset diabetes, whose risk factors include old age and obesity (see sidebar below).
		Since the effects of resistin on the body as a whole remain a mystery, more research is needed to explain the function of resistin as the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes.
	rx.magazine.tripod.com /lw_20010423.htm (1217 words)

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