More Evidence That We Need To Stop Sitting So Much: Especially Men

In a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, researchers looked at the amount of time 4,486 men and 1,845 women spent sitting during work, school and at home. They examined obesity among participants, ages 20 to 79, by measuring the size of their waistlines and percentage of body fat. No matter the metric, the more men sat, the likelier they were to be obese.

"Men who sat more were more likely to be obese, and that held even when we adjusted for their fitness level," said Carolyn E. Barlow, who led the research team at the Cooper Institute in Dallas. "The other risk factors that we looked at - cholesterol and glucose - were also not associated with sitting time. That was a bit surprising."

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