"No wonder kings looked so fat in pictures," he thinks, reflecting on his days spent reclining on pillows and his nights spent drinking to unconsciousness.
Time spent sitting or reclining, either at work, at home, or on travel, excluding sleeping time, on a typical day was gathered.
A growing body of evidence suggests that sedentary behavior (time spent sitting or reclining) is independently associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality [ 1– 4], cardiovascular disease [ 5, 6], type 2 diabetes [ 7, 8], and some cancers [ 9].
More specifically, in the previous 24 hours, patients reported standing or walking 5 hours less than their healthy friends (Z score -4.39, p < 0.001) and lying or reclining 4 hours more (Z score -4.29, p < 0.001), with no differences in the time spent sitting (Z score -0.86, p = 0.39).
Limit time spent swimming.
Limit time spent together.
The patients also reported they currently stood or walked less than the controls (median [inter-quartile range] = 4 [ 2- 5] versus 9 [7.5–12] hours, p ≤ 0.001), and spent more time reclining (median [inter-quartile range] = 12 [ 10- 16] versus 8 [8–9.5] hours, p ≤ 0.001).
Much time was spent defending defense spending.
We boarded a night bus ("ejecutivo" this time) around 10 00 p.m. and spent the night, reclined and in air conditioning all the way to Quito.
