Even in the absence of other risk factors, sedentary behaviour has recently emerged as an independent cardiovascular risk factor [9-11] and is related to all causes of mortality in a dose-response manner [12], possibly because sedentary behaviour influences homeostasis and function of many if not all body systems [13].
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