Abstract
This literature review focuses on mechanisms that are involved in the phenomenon of “sedentary behavior” such as television viewing and work sitting, considering its impact on susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. As such the review tries to provide information on how the physical inactivity may be responsible for the development of chronic diseases. “Inactivity” is a term that can be used to describe the time that people spend not doing exercise. In terms of physical movement, “inactivity” can be determined as a minimal movement that the body implements. In terms of metabolic consumption, “inactivity” symbolizes a dimension in which the energy expenditure is equivalent to a resting metabolic trend. However, the study on the behaviour of sedentary can provide a wider spectrum of factors that concur to the development of diseases and a statement of the energy expenditure in sedentary actions. In sedentary behaviors are included reading, television viewing, work sitting, driving, or commuting, meditation or eating, talking with friends or on the telephone or other actions that do not include physical exercise. During the past decades many efforts have been made to try to determinate and quantify the physical activity in terms of validity and reliability estimation, and its incidence on morbidness. Since the past centuries until today it was noticed a general decrease in human energy expenditure and an increase in the sedentary lifestyle. Investigations have been also carried out on the alleged effects of the activity on morbidness. Clearly there is a need to review the research findings over the past years to provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on the underlying mechanisms governing the phenomenon of inactivity observed during prolonged period.
Citation
Rizzo L. The Effect of Sedentary Behaviors in Mid-Life Population and Subsequent Cardiometabolic Diseases as Consequences of Inactivity: A Review of Prospective Studies. SM Prev Med Public Health. 2017; 1(1): 1003.