sedentary

Examples of sedentary in the following topics:

• Effects of Exercise on the Heart

  • A sedentary and inactive lifestyle is associated with greater risk for hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarctions, due to the metabolic changes that accompany a sedentary lifestyle.
  • The heart rates at rest of trained endurance athletes are also significantly lower than those of sedentary individuals, because fewer heartbeats are required to produce the same cardiac output at rest in those with higher stroke volumes.

• The Valdivia Culture

  • They were a sedentary, egalitarian people, known for their early use of pottery, and feminine ceramic figures.
  • They were sedentary, egalitarian people who lived off farming and fishing, and occasional deer hunting.

• Lifestyle

  • Increases in sedentary behaviors such as watching television are characteristic of a sedentary lifestyle.

• The Rise of Egyptian Civilization

  • In prehistoric times (pre-3200 BCE), many different cultures lived in Egypt along the Nile River, and became progressively more sedentary and reliant on agriculture.
  • Expansion of the Sahara desert forced more people to settle around the Nile in a sedentary, agriculture-based lifestyle.
  • Life was increasingly sedentary and focused on agriculture, as cities began to grow.

• The Link Between Psychology and Health

  • Depressed patients are often physically sedentary, which can cause a reduction in physical work capacity.
  • Individuals who are depressed often crave carbohydrates and other sugary foods, which, when coupled with their sedentary lifestyle, increases their physical health risk.
  • Regular exercise can be an effective treatment for mild depression by itself, particularly for people who were previously sedentary .

• The Neolithic Revolution

  • The Demographic theories proposed by Carl Sauer and adapted by Lewis Binford and Kent Flannery posit that an increasingly sedentary population outgrew the resources in the local environment and required more food than could be gathered.
  • The traditional view is that the shift to agricultural food production supported a denser population, which in turn supported larger sedentary communities, the accumulation of goods and tools, and specialization in diverse forms of new labor.
  • From the governments we live under, to the specialized work laborers do, to the trade of goods and food, humans were irrevocably changed by the switch to sedentary agriculture and domestication of animals.

• Back Injuries and Heavy Lifting

  • Sedentary lifestyles most often lead to weak abdominal muscles and hamstrings.

• Muscular Atrophy

  • People with sedentary jobs and senior citizens with decreased activity can lose muscle tone and develop significant atrophy.

• Enduring Cultures

  • Many pre-Columbian societies were sedentary, such as the Pueblo peoples, Mandan, Hidatsa, and others too numerous to mention, and some established large settlements, even cities, such as Cahokia, in what is now the United States of America.
  • The Chibchas of Colombia, Valdivia of Ecuador, the Quechuas of Peru, and the Aymara of Bolivia were the four most important sedentary Amerindian groups in South America.

• Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms

  • Hunting bands became seasonally sedentary and then semi-sedentary, until between 2,500 and 1,400 BCE, when Central America was dominated by settled horticultural villages.