sedentary
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Interrupted sedentary behavior included periods lasting less than 30 minutes or periods in which more than 10% of the time involved non-sedentary activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Sitting for many shorter periods may not carry the same associations as remaining sedentary for longer, uninterrupted stretches.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Interrupted sedentary behavior was associated with the opposite pattern, showing lower risk across all of the outcomes examined.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Prolonged sedentary behavior was defined as bouts lasting at least 30 minutes with at least 90% of that period spent sedentary.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
This sedentary lifestyle was made possible by the diversity of resource-rich habitats available to Jomon people within a short distance of one central site: inland forests, rivers, seashores, bays, and open oceans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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