sedentary lifestyle

collocation in English

meaningsofsedentaryandlifestyle

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sedentary
adjective
uk
/ˈsed.ən.tər.i/us
/ˈsed.ən.ter.i/
involving little exercise or ...
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lifestyle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/us
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/
someone's way of living; the things that a person or particular group of people ...
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(Definition ofsedentaryandlifestylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Risk factors includesedentarylifestyle, reduced physical exercise, obesity and smoking.
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Due to a combination of nutritional factors and a moresedentarylifestyle, the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing worldwide.
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For some, therefore, the class was part of an active lifestyle rather than ' time-out ' from asedentarylifestyle.
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The problem is partly due to inappropriate nutrition and partly to asedentarylifestylethat does not involve any physical effort.
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Osteoporosis is helped by changing from asedentarylifestyle.
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The most likely causes of obesity are identified as an increasinglysedentarylifestylecombined with changes in eating patterns.
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Sandwiches and soft drinks, sweets and snacks should not be consumed every day and asedentarylifestyledoes nothing for your health.
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Obesity is becoming endemic, and our largelysedentarylifestyleis in no small part to blame for this.
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Much of what is done in the health service involves people who suffer from a moresedentarylifestyle.
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According to the latest research, most children now opt to stay indoors—asedentarylifestylethat fuels the growing obesity epidemic.
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Therefore, it is susceptible to pathological shortening or contracture, especially in older people with asedentarylifestyle, and requires regular stretching to maintain normal tone.
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Complications are either directly caused by obesity or indirectly related through mechanisms sharing a common cause such as a poor diet or asedentarylifestyle.
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This pattern is often accompanied by an increasinglysedentarylifestyle.
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A person who lives asedentarylifestylemay colloquially be known as a "couch potato".
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These unusual fish have asedentarylifestyleand spend much of their time motionless.
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Theirsedentarylifestyleis based on local fishing.
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Alongside a number of internal parasites, she also had coronary thrombosis and arteriosclerosis, most likely linked to excessive weight gained due to asedentarylifestyle.
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Asedentarylifestylecan contribute to many preventable causes of death.
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The loss of 10 pounds of muscle every decade is one troubling consequence for people choosing asedentarylifestyle.
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