Exercising more, sitting less reduces heart failure risk in men
Sitting for long periods increases heart failure risk in men, even for those who exercise regularly, according to new research published in the American Heart Association (AHA) journal Circulation: Heart Failure.
Preventing heart failure, researchers found, requires a two-part behavioral approach: high levels of physical activity plus low levels of sedentary time. The study is the first to examine the link between heart failure risk and sedentary time, said Deborah Rohm Young, Ph.D., lead researcher and a senior scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena, Calif.