19 -Year Study: Passive Sedentary Behaviour Increases Dementia Risk

19 -Year Study: Passive Sedentary Behaviour Increases Dementia Risk

Mentally active sedentary behaviour may reduce dementia risk, with long term data showing protective effects compared with passive activities.

Activating Your Brain While Sitting Helps Reduce Dementia Risk Study Reveals

Care home activity coordinators and nursing staff may need to reconsider how they think about residents’ downtime, following the publication of compelling new research showing that the type of sitting a person does matters as much as how long they sit. A major long-term study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, has concluded that older adults who spend significant time in mentally passive sedentary activities — most notabl…