Average Sitting Time Rises Among Americans, Study Indicates.

reports that a new study published in JAMA found that average daily sitting time in America has “increased by roughly an hour, to about eight hours for U.S. teens and almost 6 1/2 hours for adults,” over the nearly a decade. By 2016, “at least half of American kids and adults spent an hour or more of leisure time daily using computers,” with the largest increase “among the oldest adults.” Washington University researcher and lead author Yin Cao said, “Everything we found is concerning. ... The overall message is prolonged sitting is highly prevalent.” https://apnews.com/27cbf8a6e2c94427851111fada8a6a3d