Sentence examples for sedentary for from inspiring English sources

When my father had a heart attack in 1968, he was kept sedentary for six weeks.

So physical activity works, even if you've been sedentary for some time.

Born in Bath in 1966, she studied drama at York University, but was sedentary for almost two years with glandular fever.

That's a realistic goal for healthy people who have been sedentary for a while, and about right for the daily workouts of crones like me.

Nearly half of all adults are sedentary for more than five hours a day, driving or sitting in front of a computer or TV screen.

A recent study published in The European Heart Journal found that Americans are sedentary for an average of 8.5 hours a day.

Being sedentary for nine hours a day at the office is bad for your health whether you go home and watch television afterward or hit the gym.

Interestingly, while exercising before the test didn't improve the memory scores of those who'd remained sedentary for the past month, it did increase their self-reported anxiety levels.

This latest study is particularly interesting because longer telomeres were most marked not in people who exercised, but in those who most reduced their sitting – exercise cannot neutralise the ill-effects of being sedentary for the rest of the day.

"What you don't want to do is jump in at the deep end and put yourself under too much stress, especially if you have been sedentary for quite a while.

It's widely accepted that being sedentary for too long contributes to physical health problems – although no one worries whether children are reading for more than two hours a day – so the more difficult question to answer is: should we limit screen time to protect our children's emotional health?