sedentary+lifestyle

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"A **__sedentary lifestyle__** is a mode of living in which a person, an adult or child, does not engage in sufficient physical activity or exercise for what is generally considered healthy living. The term is often used by doctors or professionals within the medical community to describe a lifestyle among many people in highly developed countries that does not afford them opportunities for physical activity. This type of living has been heavily influenced by the propagation of passive forms of entertainment, such as television, video games, and computer use. Along with such inactive types of entertainment, large numbers of adult workers have shifted from physical labor to office jobs, especially in technologically developed nations."

"What Is a Sedentary Lifestyle?." //wiseGEEK: clear answers for common questions //. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2013. <@http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-sedentary-lifestyle.htm>.



= Examples: = = = After a long day of work Alysse comes home and settles her self in for a Lord of the Rings movie marathon. Usually she would have gone for a bike ride or something to get her out of house, but tonight she was just too exhausted. This fluke soon becomes a daily thing, she has tossed her "out of the house" time for an excessive amount of time in front of a screen.

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=In the News:=

The link below discusses the new studies that have come out about living a sedentary lifestyle. The article many discusses the what diseases and deaths are related to living such a lifestyle. @http://www.worldhealth.net/news/sedentary-living-prompts-disease-death/



@https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/10359 This site above is another topic about sedentary lifestyle. In this article it discusses the cost and consequences of have a sedentary lifestyle.

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