More activity, less cancer
“Prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary behavior was associated with a significantly increased likelihood of dying of cancer, a study of more than 90,000 people showed.
“Every additional hour of prolonged sedentary behavior per day was linked with a 10% higher hazard of cancer mortality. Replacing an hour of sedentary behavior daily with light physical activity or with 30 minutes of moderate physical activity was associated with reduced cancer mortality risk — which was 22% lower with an additional 5 minutes of vigorous physical activity.”
How did they measure physical activity?
“The main strength is the use of a reliable instrument [accelerometer] to measure people’s sedentary and active behavior,” Richardson said in a statement on the Science Media Centre. “Studies such as these often use self-reported activity, which is an unreliable way of measuring behavior.”
Move your body, peeps.
sedentary behavior increases cancer risk
“Every additional hour of prolonged sedentary behavior per day was linked with a 10% higher hazard of cancer mortality. Replacing an hour of sedentary behavior daily with light physical activity or with 30 minutes of moderate physical activity was associated with reduced cancer mortality risk — which was 22% lower with an additional 5 minutes of vigorous physical activity.”
How did they measure physical activity?
“The main strength is the use of a reliable instrument [accelerometer] to measure people’s sedentary and active behavior,” Richardson said in a statement on the Science Media Centre. “Studies such as these often use self-reported activity, which is an unreliable way of measuring behavior.”
Move your body, peeps.
sedentary behavior increases cancer risk