SEDENTARY


Meaning of SEDENTARY in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sedentary lifestyle (= in which you sit down a lot and do not exercise much )

A sedentary lifestyle can cause certain health problems.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

life

Most tissues of the body contain scattered macrophages, which lead an inactive, sedentary life until stimulated by encountering foreign debris.

lifestyle

A sedentary lifestyle is now seen as being a very important risk factor for heart disease and other conditions.

Is being fat dangerous, or is it the sedentary lifestyle that often goes along with being fat?

A sedentary lifestyle also spells bad news for hips and thighs: increase your circulation by taking more exercise.

Poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle learned in her youth are often responsible.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sedentary population

America's young people are too sedentary .

health problems caused by a sedentary lifestyle

People with sedentary jobs generally need to eat less than those in very active occupations.

People with sedentary lifestyles have a greater risk of heart attacks.

The exercise program was aimed at men in their fifties and sixties who were previously sedentary .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

By their mid-40s, more than 40 percent of males and more than 80 percent of females are sedentary .

I tend now to the sedentary , and when I walk in the city I prefer to amble.

In our civilization at present, many of us have sedentary or semi-sedentary occupations.

Is being fat dangerous, or is it the sedentary lifestyle that often goes along with being fat?

Quite simply, like millions of other people, we had become sedentary .

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