Some Sedentary Activities Are Good For Brain Health
A recent study shows that not all sedentary activities affect brain health equally.
Mentally stimulating and socially engaging behaviors, like reading, crafting, or chatting, improve memory and thinking abilities, while passive activities like watching TV or gaming are linked to cognitive decline.
The research analyzed the daily activity patterns of 397 older adults and found that the type of sedentary behavior matters as much as physical activity for cognitive health.
This is critical, as nearly half of dementia cases are linked to modifiable lifestyle factors.
Swapping passive screen time for mentally engaging activities or incorporating short bursts of movement can help protect brain health.
Even small adjustments, like breaking up holiday movie marathons with reading or light exercise, can make a significant difference.
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Vindication!!!!!
I hope that reading blogs counts as a mentally engaging activity!
Interesting, but it's socializing that makes me crazy.
Yet another reason to be glad that I am a reader. Not a good socialiser though.
I knew you'd like this.
I hope so too.
So you're saying 20 minutes at Ted Drews is more then enough? I agree.
You should join our procrastinators club. It's meeting... later.
Do you suppose writing blog posts would fit into the active or sedentary category?
So getting up and washing dishes or folding laundry between blogs is actually good for me? and all the other little things that have me up and down out of my chair..
See River's answer below. And besides, I know how much you buzz around the area.
Up and down appears to be a good thing.
Well with all the crafts I am always thinking about, I ought to stay sharp till I am 90.
Don't stop at 90. Keep going!
I'm a bit surprised that gaming would be lumped in with watching TV since the latter isn't nearly as passive as the former.
I remember reading in another article where gaming was considered good for the brain.
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