Treatments and supplements · Cutting down sitting time

Does sitting all day undo the good of exercising?

What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.

Thoroughly studied

5 studies, of which 4 bring together the results of several trials in people. This is as strong as evidence gets.

5 Repeated evidence 4 studies

4 Large controlled trial 1 study

This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.

Appears under: Living longer in good health

The studies

5 Repeated evidence Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis.
2019 · BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 36 participants
5 Repeated evidence Sedentary behavior patterns and the risk of non-communicable diseases and all-cause mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
2023 · International journal of nursing studies
5 Repeated evidence Daily sitting time and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis.
2014 · PloS one · 595,086 participants
5 Repeated evidence Television viewing and risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis.
2011 · JAMA
4 Large controlled trial Gamifying Accelerometer Use Increases Physical Activity Levels of Sedentary Office Workers.
2019 · Journal of the American Heart Association · 146 participants