adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sedentary lifestyle (= in which you sit down a lot and do not exercise much )
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A sedentary lifestyle can cause certain health problems.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
life
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Most tissues of the body contain scattered macrophages, which lead an inactive, sedentary life until stimulated by encountering foreign debris.
lifestyle
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A sedentary lifestyle is now seen as being a very important risk factor for heart disease and other conditions.
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Is being fat dangerous, or is it the sedentary lifestyle that often goes along with being fat?
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A sedentary lifestyle also spells bad news for hips and thighs: increase your circulation by taking more exercise.
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Poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle learned in her youth are often responsible.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a sedentary population
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America's young people are too sedentary .
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health problems caused by a sedentary lifestyle
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People with sedentary jobs generally need to eat less than those in very active occupations.
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People with sedentary lifestyles have a greater risk of heart attacks.
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The exercise program was aimed at men in their fifties and sixties who were previously sedentary .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By their mid-40s, more than 40 percent of males and more than 80 percent of females are sedentary .
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I tend now to the sedentary , and when I walk in the city I prefer to amble.
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In our civilization at present, many of us have sedentary or semi-sedentary occupations.
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Is being fat dangerous, or is it the sedentary lifestyle that often goes along with being fat?
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Quite simply, like millions of other people, we had become sedentary .