A recent review of 47 studies on the subject of sedentary behaviour showed that increased exercise blunted, but did not completely eliminate the excess risk associated with sedentary lifestyles.

1. Dr Arjun Rajagopalan
What’s up?
Sitting too much is bad
Sedentary behaviour -
defined as "waking
behaviours characterised by
little physical movement and
low-energy expenditure,"
including watching
television and sitting - is
associated with significant,
independent increases in
risk for cardiovascular
disease, cancer and type 2
diabetes.

2. Dr Arjun Rajagopalan
What’s new? A recent review of 47
studies on the subject of
sedentary behaviour
showed that increased
exercise blunted, but did not
completely eliminate the
excess risk associated with
sedentary lifestyles.
Biswas A, Oh PI, Faulkner GE, Bajaj RR, Silver MA, Mitchell MS,
et al. Sedentary Time and Its Association With Risk for Disease
Incidence, Mortality, and Hospitalization in Adults: A Systematic
Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:123-132.
doi:10.7326/M14-1651
Exercise helps but not enough

3. Dr Arjun Rajagopalan
What now? "The implications of these findings
are far-reaching,… society is
engineered, physically and socially,
to be sitting-centric.” “…exercising
one hour per day should not give us
the… peace of mind to remain
seated for the remaining 23.”
Treadmill desks and other ingenious
devices are available to keep you
from staying still while working.
Get of your a…, hit the gym, and
don’t sit down