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Are you willing to replace some sitting time with cycling? It turns out that you would be doing a lot to reduce your cancer risk if your answer is yes. A new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center suggests that sitting increases cancer risk. The researchers mention cycling as a solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accelerometer instead of self-reporting exercise<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This study involved 8,002 adults over the age of 45 who did not have a cancer diagnosis at study enrolment. The participants wore an accelerometer on their hip during waking hours for 7 consecutive days. The researchers didn\u2019t rely on participants to self-report their activity levels. Instead, the accelerometer was used to measure their physical activity much more precisely.<\/p>\n

\"Research<\/a>
The researchers found that longer duration of sedentary behaviour was independently associated with a greater risk of cancer death.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More sitting means high cancer risk<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After a follow-up of 5 years, 268 participants died of cancer. The researchers found that longer duration of sedentary behaviour was independently associated with a greater risk of cancer death. The most sedentary adults had an 82% higher risk of cancer mortality compared to the least sedentary adults.<\/p>\n

“This is the first study that definitively shows a strong association between not moving and cancer death,” said Susan Gilchrist, M.D., associate professor of Clinical Cancer Prevention and lead author of the study<\/a>. “Our findings show that the amount of time a person spends sitting prior to a cancer diagnosis is predictive of time to cancer death.”<\/p>\n

Exercise like cycling lowers your risk<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Cycling\"<\/a>
Exercise like cycling lowers your risk. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The study also found that engaging in either light or moderate to vigorous physical activity made a difference. Researchers found that replacing 30 minutes of sedentary time with physical activity<\/a> was associated with a 31% lower risk of cancer death if the activity was of moderate intensity like cycling, for example. If it was a light-intensity activity like walking, the risk of cancer death was lowered by 8%.<\/p>\n

“Our findings reinforce that it’s important to sit less and move more. From a practical perspective, this means that individuals who replaced either 10 to 30 minutes of sedentary time with either light or moderate to vigorous physical exercise had a lower risk of cancer mortality in the cohort,” Gilchrist concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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