Advance Publication Effects of Sit-to-stand Exercise Instruction and Goal-setting on Reducing Sitting Time in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Crossover Trial doi.org/10.1298/ptr.25-E1036… #ChronicStroke #SedentaryBehavior #SitToStand #CrossoverTrial

Pregnant individuals with the highest #SedentaryBehavior (≥10 hours/day) had twice the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes compared with those spending less time sitting. ja.ma/4e8ELIO

Sitting for 8 hours a day increases all-cause mortality risk. Even if you exercise. This is what researchers call the « active coach potato » phenomenon. One structured workout doesn’t undo 8 hours of sitting. The fix: movement snacks. 5 minutes of walking every hour is enough to offset sedentary risk. Set a timer. Stand up. Walk around. That’s lifestyle medicine. #SedentaryBehavior #MovementIsMedicine #LifestyleMedicineLB #Health

As a medical school professor, the most actionable longevity finding of April 2026 came from 15,327 adults in the All of Us Research Program, published in Nature Communications. Researchers tracked Fitbit data over years (millions of person-days). They asked: can extra steps offset chronic disease risk of 14 vs 8 hours of sedentary time per day? Answers: - Obesity: 1,700 steps/day offsets the excess sedentary risk - MASLD (fatty liver): 1,700 steps - Hypertension: 2,200 steps - Sleep apnea: 2,200 steps - Diabetes: 5,300 steps - COPD: 5,500 steps - Coronary artery disease and heart failure: NO step count fully offsets the risk Honest framing: observational. Associations, NOT causation. Wearable-tracked sample skews motivated. Cannot prove adding steps CAUSES risk reduction. Message: sitting is its own metabolic insult. Steps help -- but cannot fully rescue heart-disease risk. Move often, sit less. Metabolic dysfunction is the upstream root. Full breakdown coming on the Health Longevity Secrets podcast youtube.com/@RobertLufkinMD #Steps #SedentaryBehavior #Metabolism #Longevity Source: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

YOUR CHAIR IS REWRITING YOUR BLOOD CHEMISTRY I teach medical students about metabolic risk factors. A new UK Biobank study just revealed that sitting doesn't just waste time -- it creates a measurable metabolic fingerprint of death risk. Researchers analyzed 13,561 people with cardiovascular disease and found: - Sitting 7 hours/day raised mortality risk 17% - But the real story: sitting altered 35 blood metabolites tied to inflammation, fat metabolism, and amino acid pathways - This metabolic signature mediated 36% of the link between sitting and death - The metabolic score predicted mortality BETTER than sitting time itself The metabolites included glycoprotein acetyls (inflammation), disrupted fatty acid ratios, and branched-chain amino acid changes -- the same markers I see in insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. Your body doesn't just "rest" when you sit. It actively shifts into a pro-inflammatory, metabolically dysfunctional state. And blood tests can now prove it. Full breakdown coming on the Health Longevity Secrets podcast. Source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article… #SedentaryBehavior #MetabolicHealth #Inflammation #Longevity #Prevention

When I give presentations I talk about 2 components of exercise: Structured Exericse (think resistance training) vs. Daily Movement (generally activity). Neville Owen, PhD was talking about this quite some time ago. He called them breakers and prolongers, referring to those who accumulated back to back sitting hours. Be a Breaker! #sedentarybehavior #sitting #toomuchsitting

🔥 Published Paper 📷 Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior Negatively Impact #Postural Balance and #Gait Our study shows that physical inactivity and prolonged sitting negatively affect balance and gait in young adults, emphasizing the need to reduce sedentary time and stay physically active. mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/22/120… 👨‍🔬Kwadwo O. Appiah-Kubi, Clarkson University， USA Dinushani Senarathna, State University of New York at Oswego, USA Sumona Mondal, Clarkson University, USA Ali Boolani, Oklahoma State University, USA #physicalactivity #sedentarybehavior

Objective Measures of Physical Activity and Frailty in Ambulatory Adults Aged 85–89 Years in Kawasaki, Japan: A Cross-sectional Study. T. Tajima et al. doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2024.57 #Exercise #octogenarians #physicalactivity #physicalfrailty #sedentarybehavior

🔥 Read our Paper 📚Sedentary Lifestyle, #HeartRate Variability, and the Influence on #Spine Posture in Adults: A Systematic Review Study 🔗mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/16/698… 👨‍🔬by Deena Fathima et al. @QMUL #posture #sedentarybehavior

🪑➡️🚶‍♂️ Less Sitting, Better Glucose 💡 New study in South Asian adults shows: Replacing ≥5 hrs/day of sitting with 3 hrs standing 2 hrs walking 🏃‍♀️ — and breaking up sitting every 30 min ⏱️ — can significantly lower waking blood sugar 🩸. 📊 Key Results: ✅ −9.2 mmol/L·16h lower waking glucose iAUC (p=0.04) ✅ Lower post-lunch glucose 🍛 (p=0.02) 🚫 No significant change in 24h glucose metrics 📉 Sitting ↓ 3.6 h/day 📈 Standing ↑ 1.9 h/day, Walking ↑ 1.6 h/day 🔍 Bottom line: Simple swaps — more standing & walking — help control daytime glucose in South Asian adults under real-world conditions. 🌏 link.springer.com/article/10… #PhysicalActivity #GlucoseControl #SedentaryBehavior #PublicHealth

📢New Open🔓 Access Paper Alert Association of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior with unplanned hospitalization in older adults: a 6-year longitudinal study by Joan Ars (@arsfisio) & Anna-Karin Welmer et al. rdcu.be/eyoWh #physicalactivity #sedentarybehavior #OlderAdults #hospitalization

3 factors that #olderadults value highly when talking about #physicalactivity and #sedentarybehavior . Go to minute 12:03 youtube.com/watch?v=MoMQ8bNA… Or visit join4joy.eu for more info Explained by @javierjerezroig , coordinator of the @uvic_m3o

Immunosenescence, the age-related decline in immune function, is increasingly prevalent among the aging population. This natural process can contribute to the development of chronic conditions like cancer. Understanding the intricate relationship between aging and the immune system is crucial. The provided article delves into a wide array of strategies and interventions aimed at mitigating age-related immune system challenges. By implementing changes in lifestyle, diet, and utilizing specific medications, older individuals can enhance their defenses against age-related chronic diseases. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3959… #exerciseismedicine #aging #immunesystem #cancer #hypertension #tumor #exercise #cell #immunotherapy #cancertreatment #sleep #sleephealth #diet #nutrition #cancerprevention #treatment #prevention #olderadult #lifestyle #exercisephysiology #exercisephysiologist #clinicalexercisephysiologist #clinicalexercisephysiology #exerciseoncology #exerciseoncologist #oncology #oncologist #physicaltherapist #physicaltherapy #physiotherapy #physiotherapist #aerobictraining #movement #resistancetraining #strengthtraining #physicalactivity #nurse #fitness #health #epigenetics #tcell #oncologist #oncology #preventionscience #sedentarybehavior #sedentary #sedentarylifestyle #Immunosenescence #telomere

#PhysicalActivity Lowers #BrainDiseaseRisk - People with #HigherPhysicalActivity levels were 14% to 40% less likely to develop #Dementia, #Stroke, #Anxiety, #Depression, or #SleepDisorders. - #SedentaryBehavior increased #DiseaseRisk by 5% to 54%. These findings suggest that promoting physical activity could be a key strategy in reducing the burden of neurological and mental health disorders. neurosciencenews.com/physica… via @neurosciencenew

🚀 Physical Activity & Cognition in Young People with Cerebral Palsy (CP)🧠 This feasibility study explored how breaking up sedentary time with physical activity impacts cognitive performance in youth with CP. 🔍 Key Insights: ✅ Short bursts of activity (4×5 min) improved reaction time ✅ Feasible design with 83% retention ✅ Supports the need for personalized interventions More research is needed, but movement matters! 🏃♂️🧠 📖 Read the full study: bit.ly/49RpBTB #CerebralPalsy #PhysicalActivity #CognitiveHealth #SedentaryBehavior #Neurodiversity

Prolonged Sedentary Behavior is Harmful Even if You are Physically Active Physical activity is the cornerstone of our atmasvasth quest to live long healthy. It is also important along with being physically active, to consciously reduce time spent being sedentary Audio and text atmasvasth.com/pa17/ #atmasvasth #healthfulageing #longevity #lifespan #healthspan #sedentary #sedentarybehavior #physicalactivity

Great study! I know the study seems quite small in terms of sample size, but I really think this study sends a powerful message in regard to manage sedentary behavior, especially in the office space. Most people can agree that in the workplace office setting, sedentary behavior can be quite high. Additionally, exercise during the work time for most people in the office setting is difficult. Despite the issue, our sedentary behavior within during time of work can still be managed. For example, you can sit less in terms of frequency. Getting out of the chair as many times possible can help. Another strategy is stand longer by duration. If certain tasks can be done in a standing position as opposed to sitting, try to stand longer. Another effective strategy is to simply move more (whether you are standing or sitting). Try to find ways to get more movement. Combining strategies not only helps to further reduce sedentary behavior but they also make exercise behavior easier to do and to adhere to as well. Below is the Movement Behavior Model that illustrates this. Not only a model like this can work in the office space but this can work in the home setting as well. I'm sure certain companies are doing implementing strategies and developing interventions to limit sedentary behavior, but I feel that ALL companies should do this and make this a priority because behaviors like sitting less, standing longer, and moving more are all feasible. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3690… #exerciseismedicine #movement #sedentarybehavior #health #lifestyle #officeworkers #sitting #standing #chronicdisease #posture #mortality #morbidity #physicalactivity #bodymassindex #pain #exercisephysiology #exercisephysiologist #physicaltherapy #physicaltherapist #clinicalexercisephysiology #clinicalexercisephysiologist #pt #physiotherapist #physiotherapy #occupationaltherapy #occupationaltherapist #nurse #rehabtherapist #work #leisure #micromovements #exerciseoncology #exerciseoncologist #cardiovasculardisease #qol #diabetes #obesity #musculoskeletaldisorder #metabolicdisease

Great paper discussing the role of chemokines and how they affect cancer. Chemokines are unique proteins in our bodies that help our immune system work against issues such as cancer. I like to think of them as guides for our immune cells where they need to be especially where tumors are growing. Of course, they do exert factors and effects that would promote a tumorigenic environment, but they can do the opposite as well, especially in conjunction with exercise. In a way, exercise helps to modulate the effects of chemokines such making them more anti-inflammatory as opposed to being more proinflammatory, of course this is dependent on the chemokine itself. Some of them do “Good” for cancer and some of them do “Bad” for cancer. Exercise helps to promote more of the “Good” chemokines and lowers the number of the “Bad” chemokines. Overall exercise helps to promote the immune system to work better and more efficiently against the growth of tumors. Of course, more research needs to be done to understanding the relationship between chemokines and cancer, however, it seems like we are going in a better direction to understanding the relationship between them. In a practical sense, healthcare providers should utilize exercise a great strategy for cancer survivors, especially while they are undergoing treatment. mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/24/137… #exerciseismedicine #cancer #oncology #immunesystem #exercisephysiologist #exercisephysiology #exerciseoncology #exerciseoncologist #tumor #tumormicroenvironment #cancersurvivor #survivorship #prevention #treatment #cancerprevention #cancertreatment #physicaltherapy #physiotherapy #physicaltherapist #physiotherapist #prehab #prehabilitation #healthcare #healthcareprovider #lifestyle #physicalactivity #inflammation #stress #aerobicexercise #resistanceexercise #resistancetraining #strengthtraining #hiit #sedentarybehavior #mortality #preventionscience #preventativemedicine #exercisetherapy #radiotherapy #obesity #angiogenesis #breastcancer #coloncancer #metastaticcancer #lungcancer #prostatecancer #gyneacologicancer #lymphoma #myeloma #sarcoma @ACSMNews @AmericanCancer @CEPAupdates @ASCO @ESSA_NEWS @ACSMScience @AcsmCancer

📊 Using psychological models, we dive into sedentary behavior. With consistent variables like self-efficacy, understanding these trends becomes clearer. Explore our findings and measures: snip.ly/kiissy #sedentarybehavior 📌🎧

🤰New guidance on assessing 24-physical behaviors during pregnancy! ✅activPAL assessment is sufficient w/ #PhysicalActivity primary measurement target but PAL diary is necessary when #SedentaryBehavior & #sleep assessments are needed. 🔗 doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2024-00… @CEKline1