Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sedentarism.
Examples
-
But maybe because of increased media attention on pollution and the health problems caused by sedentarism, we're seeing more people being willing to get out on their bikes, but they're hesitant because of security problems.
Tracy L. Barnett: Critical Mass Takes to the Streets in Guatemala City 2010
-
What really is a challenge, on the other hand, is breaking that vicious cycle of sedentarism, and addiction to comfort and passive recreation - they just look and look at electronic devices.
Tracy L. Barnett: Critical Mass Takes to the Streets in Guatemala City 2010
-
Population size and degree of sedentarism affect disease spread.
Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
-
Since the arrival of class-divided society on the stage of history thousands of years ago, chiefly as a result of agriculture, sedentarism, etc., the puny privileged minorities at the top have relied on some form of false consciousness or ideology (backed up by liberal applications of violence when circumstances dictated it) to keep the disorganized majorities pliant, divided, and in check.
-
It should be borne in mind that class-divided societies and private property made their appearance barely 10,000 years ago, roughly congruent with the rise of agriculture, food surpluses, sedentarism and animal-domestication-all of which eventually created the conditions for the appearance of a specialized ruling class (warriors and priests) capable of living on this social surplus, on the backs of others and of institutionalizing this severely inequitable regime.
-
The data, resulting from an analysis of 7565 people over 50 months, is based on age, sex, initial body mass index and lifestyles (sedentarism, changes in physical activity, energy/fibre intake, snacks between meals and consumption of fizzy drinks, fast food and alcohol).
-
The data, resulting from an analysis of 7565 people over 50 months, is based on age, sex, initial body mass index and lifestyles (sedentarism, changes in physical activity, energy/fibre intake, snacks between meals and consumption of fizzy drinks, fast food and alcohol).
Analysis 2010
-
The data, resulting from an analysis of 7565 people over 50 months, is based on age, sex, initial body mass index and lifestyles (sedentarism, changes in physical activity, energy/fibre intake, snacks between meals and consumption of fizzy drinks, fast food and alcohol).
The Times of India 2010
-
The data, resulting from an analysis of 7565 people over 50 months, is based on age, sex, initial body mass index and lifestyles (sedentarism, changes in physical activity, energy/fibre intake, snacks between meals and consumption of fizzy drinks, fast food and alcohol).
Medindia Health News 2010
-
The data, resulting from an analysis of 7565 people over 50 months, is based on age, sex, initial body mass index and lifestyles (sedentarism, changes in physical activity, energy/fibre intake, snacks between meals and consumption of fizzy drinks, fast food and alcohol).
Medindia Health News 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.