A 2015 meta-analysis by researchers at Brigham Young University confirms that loneliness is indeed as deadly a risk factor as obesity, smoking or a sedentary lifestyle.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/04/01/loneliness-isnt-just-for-your-mental-health--it-can-compromise-your-immune-system/

Along with a sedentary lifestyle, minimal time in nature, and a lower sense of community, our diets have the biggest impact on our health.

Source: https://www.healthcanal.com/nutrition/is-rice-paleo

Diabetes cases in India are climbing as markets gush with processed and high carbohydrate foods; lifestyles become more sedentary; air thickens with pollution; stress levels grow unmanageable.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/a-silent-burden-can-community-support-social-welfare-policies-bridge-the-gender-gap-in-diabetes-care/article67086830.ece

During the sedentary sessions, however, they followed one of five exercises prescribed by the researchers.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/light-walk-early-death-blood-sugar-levels-b2267870.html

Fast forward to today, where the sitting desk is ubiquitous and has inadvertently contributed to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle.

Source: https://thefrisky.com/how-standing-desk-helps-your-posture/

For those considered highly sedentary (10.5 hours a day or more), an additional ten minutes lowered mortality risk by up to 35 per cent.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/11/11/sitting-too-long/

His eating led him to withdraw from his family and friends, which only exacerbated his sedentary lifestyle.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11844751/649LB-man-doctor-told-ticking-time-bomb-sheds-365LBS-three-years.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

In addition to population getting older people seem to be getting sick at younger ages mostly driven by our sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4602384-4-reasons-hqh-cef-great-retirement-portfolios?source=feed_all_articles

Increased sedentary time in childhood can raise cholesterol levels by two thirds as an adult, research suggests.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/children-world-health-organisation-university-of-exeter-who-university-of-bristol-b2464109.html

Increasing sedentary or inactive lifestyles and their potentially fatal have forced more people to become more concerned about their health and begin making healthier life choices.

Source: https://theclarion.ca/media-release/are-these-relatively-little-known-organic-and-earth-friendly-food-stocks-on-your-watchlist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-these-relatively-little-known-organic-and-earth-friendly-food-stocks-on-your-wat

Meanwhile, millions of students across the nation are impacted by the Biden decision to strip funding from these programs, which comes at the same time America sees young people living sedentary lives and joining the national epidemic of obesity.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/06/opinion-biden-school-rules-target-cherished-rural-american-pastime-suzanne-downing/

Often, these outcomes trace back at least in part to what public health researchers call health risk behaviors - things like smoking, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202305170053.html

The full results will be available in 2025, and the hope is that it will represent a new way of rejuvenating the minds and bodies of older people, and perhaps one day even all of us who lead largely sedentary lives.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/31/could-exercise-pills-help-create-healthier-society-irisin-locamidazole

There’s an easier route: a new study in sedentary older adults found that just increasing their daily step tally, from 4,000 to 7,000, reduced blood pressure by as much as medication.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12604073/DR-MICHAEL-MOSLEY-Feed-skin-healthy-plump-wrinkle-free.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“The sedentary farmers were quite welcoming and accommodating of the herders in a symbiotic relationship.

Source: https://www.informationng.com/2023/09/buhari-allowed-boko-haram-fester-was-more-concerned-about-his-safety-than-nations-security-ex-military-gov-umar.html

This is due to the sedentary activity or lifestyle.

Source: https://punchng.com/tackling-rising-obesity-in-nigerian-children/

While the positive mental impacts of the exercise were new for me, considering I’ve preferred a sedentary lifestyle for much of the past 27 years, the effects are well-documented by researchers.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/10000-steps-a-day-walking-b2254552.html

You might not think that a kid needs to track that activity (or the motivation to move around at all), but in a relatively sedentary society, making movement a priority from a young age is still vital.

Source: https://mashable.com/roundup/best-fitness-trackers-for-kids