TY  - JOUR
T1  - IS sitting harmful to health? it is too early to say
AU  - Andrade C, Fernandes P
Y1  - 2012/09/10
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2539
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1272
EP  - 1273
VL  - 172
IS  - 16
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2539
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2539
ER  -