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December 18, 2023

Childhood sedentariness causes elevated cholesterol

Childhood sedentariness causes elevated cholesterol but light physical activity may neutralize it - Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood significantly increased cholesterol levels...

September 20, 2022

Are you an active couch potato?

‘Active couch potato’ - how sitting all day can erase a workout. New Finnish research published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise suggests...

September 6, 2022

Arterial stiffness study in adolescents

In the young population, arterial stiffness, an emerging risk factor for hypertension, indirectly raises blood pressure via an increase in insulin resistance but not via...