sedentary
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As human beings began to organize themselves into sedentary, agrarian societies, they formed mutualistic relationships with the wildcats that prevented vermin from decimating their grain stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Despite showing no reduction in total body weight, the mice that performed strength training had less mesenteric adipose tissue than the sedentary obese mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
In sedentary, obese mice, ABHD5 levels were lower, meaning the fat breakdown system was not strongly activated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
A fall can lead to broken bones, and remaining sedentary for weeks or months while recovering can have a domino effect on a senior’s health.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
But farmers are sedentary and live amid their own sewage, thus providing microbes with a short path from one person’s body into another’s drinking water.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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