Sedentary Behavior: Emerging Evidence for a New Health Risk

Compared with our parents or grandparents, we are spending increasing amounts of time in environments that not only limit physical activity but require prolonged sitting—at work, at home, and in our cars and communities.1Hill JO Wyatt HR Reed GW Peters JC Obesity and the environment: where do we go from here?.Science. 2003; 299: 853-855Crossref PubMed Scopus (1675) Google Scholar Work sites, schools, homes, and public spaces have been (and...