They assessed participants’ mental well-being with a general health questionnaire.
Researchers reviewing data from a national wellness project in the UK looked at how much non-work time people spent sitting down to watch TV, use a computer, ride in a vehicle, or socialize. The relationship between depression and sitting may be a two-way street: Depression saps people’s energy and motivation to move, and sitting a lot may just make the depression worse. This held true, regardless of how much leisure time exercise they got.Īnother study of nearly 9,000 women in their fifties found that those who sat for seven hours per day-and were physically inactive-were three times as likely to have symptoms of depression than individuals who sat for fewer than four hours and got the recommended amount of daily physical activity. Here’s a sampling:Ī study of more than 3,300 government workers in Australia found that those who spent more than six hours of a typical workday seated were more likely to score in the moderate to high range on a test of psychological distress than those who sat fewer than three hours. A handful of recent studies have looked at the emotional fallout of too much sitting.
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