Inactivity Is Bad For Your Brain Health

Exercise is good for one’s health. However, a recent study has shown that spending too much time sitting down or lying down can be bad for one’s brain health, even if one exercises regularly.

Dr. Marissa Gogniat of the University of Pittsburgh and colleagues studied 400 people over a 7-year period, tracking levels of physical activity, sedentary time (such as sitting down), neurocognitive function, and brain volume loss measured with MRI scans.

They found that, “Greater sedentary…