developing cancer and dying from it.The American Cancer Society recommend getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity each week.However, research suggests that fewer than one-quarter of adults in the United States actually achieve this.A more attainable goal may be to reduce the amount of time that we spend sitting.An analysis of previous studies linked sedentary behavior to higher cardiovascular and cancer mortality.
However, all these studies relied on people’s own reports of how much time they spent sitting.The new study, by scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, drew on the data of 8,002 adults aged 45 years and older who joined the ongoing REGARDS study between 2003 and.