Too much sitting may thin the part of your brain that's important for memory, study suggests

[Demovictory9]

If you want to take a good stroll down memory lane, new research suggests you'd better get out of that chair more often.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have found that in people middle-aged and older, a brain structure that is key to learning and memory is plumpest in those who spend the most time standing up and moving. At every age, prolonged sitters show less thickness in the medial temporal lobe and the subregions that make it up, the study found.

The prospect of thinning in the brain's medial temporal lobe should spark plenty of worry.

Some loss of volume in this region occurs naturally as we age, and the result is poorer episodic memory — the kind which brings to mind events in one's past.

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The study subjects reported average sitting times of three to 15 hours a day. After adjusting for their subjects' ages, the researchers found that every additional hour of average daily sitting was associated with a 2% decrease in the thickness of the medial temporal lobe.

The research suggests that, compared to a person who sits for 10 hours a day, someone of the same age who typically sits for 15 hours would have a medial temporal lobe that's 10% thinner.


http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-sitting-brain-memory-20180413-story.html

[hlthe2b]

1. the cubicle work environment is the worst-- at least put in sit-stand desks.

Unfortunately, people getting up and moving around a lot is disruptive when people are packed in to these settings.

Surprised they haven't been able to show any difference thus far between those who exercise...