{"id":5770,"date":"2023-07-19T05:05:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2023-07-19T05:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:05:15","slug":"to-protect-bone-health-avoid-a-sedentary-lifestyle-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=5770","title":{"rendered":"To Protect Bone Health, Avoid A Sedentary Lifestyle, Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_157,w_1500,h_843\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/2bk0fak87k0cu3zxk.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Looking at data from nearly 10,000 adults between the ages of 20 and 59 over the course of seven years, the researchers measured participants&#8217; body fat percentage and bone density through dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry (DXA), and further recorded participants&#8217; activity levels.<\/p>\n<p>And was what may come as no surprise, a sedentary lifestyle was associated with a higher body fat percentage. But it was also associated with worse bone density, relative to the more physically active participants.<\/p>\n<p>Those physically active participants not only showed lower body fat, but also greater bone density.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our results show that physical activity is a key component of maintaining bone health in both men and women, and is strongly associated with lower body fat percentages&#8221; the study authors write, adding, &#8220;Sedentary activity is negatively correlated with bone density and is strongly associated with an increase in body fat percentage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They also note that going forward, healthcare workers should suggest patients increase physical activity for help preventing osteoporosis and obesity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at data from nearly 10,000 adults between the ages of 20 and 59 over the course of seven years, the researchers measured participants&#8217; body fat percentage and bone density through dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry (DXA), and further recorded participants&#8217; activity levels. And was what may come as no surprise, a sedentary lifestyle was associated &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[63,55,79],"class_list":["post-5770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-healthy-aging","tag-longevity","tag-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}