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Sitting Time Risk

Prolonged sitting raises the mortality risk – but consistent moderate activity can largely cancel out the effect. A meta-analysis by Ekelund et al. (Lancet 2016) shows: about 60–75 min of moderate activity per day neutralise 8 h of sitting.

Work + car + sofa + meals added up
brisk walking, cycling, jogging, strength training
Your risk assessment
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Sitting time
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Activity
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Activity / sitting time
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Simplified assessment. The individual risk evaluation also depends on age, pre-existing conditions, sleep and stress. Anyone who breaks up prolonged sitting and moves enough is clearly better off than the sitting-time value alone would suggest.
Data basis: meta-analysis of over 1 million people. Result: 60–75 min of moderate activity per day offset the mortality risk of 8 h of sitting. · Source: Ekelund U, Steene-Johannessen J, Brown WJ et al. Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? Lancet. 2016;388(10051):1302–1310.