Topic: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Prolonged sitting can be deadly!

Not that you need anything else to worry about, but now experts are claiming that sitting can kill you. However,?recent studies on sedentary behavior conducted at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA, and elsewhere have?reported that sitting for prolonged ...

Most Americans Don't Get Daily Exercise

The most frequently reported moderate activities were food and drink preparation (25.7 percent) and lawn, garden and houseplant care (10.6 percent), lead investigator Catrine Tudor-Locke, director of the Walking Behavior Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., and colleagues ...
Only about 5 percent of American adults do some type of vigorous physical activity on any given day, according to the results of a new study. Researchers analyzed 2003-2008 data from nearly 80,000 participants, aged 20 and older, in the American Time ...
Only 5% of Americans perform vigorous activities on a given day. Researchers led by Catrine Tudor-Locke, PhD, of the Walking Behavior Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., looked at data on 79,652 men and women aged 20 and older. ...
Experts warn that too much sitting could be deadly _ even for people who exerciseHere's a new warning from health experts: And it doesn't matter where the sitting takes place at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer ...

Fatness Boosts Inflammation in Body

Being fat increases the level of inflammatory activity in the body, while being physically fit decreases it, according to a new U.S. study.. A high total white blood cell count is a marker of inflammatory activity and is a strong and independent ...