RT Journal
A1 Andrade C, Fernandes P
T1 IS sitting harmful to health? it is too early to say
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD September 10
VO 172
IS 16
SP 1272
OP 1273
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2539
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2539
AB 
Van der Ploeg et al1 analyzed prospectively collected data from a large population-based cohort and found that, regardless of age, sex, body mass index, self-rated health, level of physical activity, baseline cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and other confounders, longer hours of sitting were dose-dependently associated with greater risk of all-cause mortality across an average of 2.8 years of follow-up. They described mechanisms and cited previous literature to support a hypothesis that excessive sitting, independent of physical activity, is harmful to health.