{"id":6667,"date":"2026-10-01T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:49:25","slug":"effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/effects-of-too-little-movement-what-it-does-to-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of too little movement: what it does in your body, what the large studies show and what a heart and vascular scan measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<article class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700&#038;display=swap\">\n<style id=\"bp-blog-design\">\n.bp-blog {\n  --bp-ink: #212527; --bp-teal: #005859; --bp-teal-deep: #006B62; --bp-emerald: #228A62;\n  --bp-green: #7CA74D; --bp-lime: #B7CB33; --bp-lime-soft: #B7CB3329; --bp-green-aa: #4F6B28;\n  --bp-beige: #EDEAE5; --bp-sand: #DBD4CB; --bp-pale-teal: #D9E6E6; --bp-white: #FFFFFF;\n  --bp-foot: #6b6b6b;\n  --bp-font: 'Poppins','Segoe UI',Arial,sans-serif;\n  --bp-fs-h1: 40px; --bp-fs-h2: 29px; --bp-fs-h3: 21px; --bp-fs-body: 17px;\n  --bp-fs-lead: 19px; --bp-fs-small: 14px; --bp-fs-foot: 13px; --bp-fs-btn: 17px;\n  --bp-lh-body: 1.75;\n  --bp-s-2: 8px; --bp-s-3: 12px; --bp-s-4: 16px; --bp-s-5: 24px; --bp-s-6: 32px;\n  --bp-s-7: 44px; --bp-s-8: 72px;\n  --bp-measure: 875px; --bp-prose: 875px; --bp-side: 40px; --bp-portrait: 132px;\n  --bp-radius-card: 20px; --bp-radius-btn: 10px; --bp-radius-chip: 999px;\n  --bp-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(0,88,89,0.10); --bp-shadow-soft: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,88,89,0.06);\n  font-family: var(--bp-font); font-size: var(--bp-fs-body); line-height: var(--bp-lh-body);\n  color: var(--bp-ink); background: var(--bp-white); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\n}\n.bp-blog, .bp-blog * { box-sizing: border-box; }\n.bp-blog p, .bp-blog li, .bp-blog h1, .bp-blog h2, .bp-blog h3, .bp-blog a, .bp-blog td,\n.bp-blog th, .bp-blog cite { overflow-wrap: break-word; min-width: 0; }\n.bp-blog h1, .bp-blog h2, .bp-blog h3 { text-wrap: balance; }\n.bp-blog p, .bp-blog li { text-wrap: pretty; }\n\/* WordPress core's flow layout puts 24px above every child after the first; inside\n   a grid or a flex row that is a misalignment (measured on the scan pages 2026-08-21) *\/\n.bp-blog .bp-blog-author > *, .bp-blog .bp-blog-related > *, .bp-blog .bp-blog-verify > * { margin-block: 0; }\n\n\/* --- sections: one column, the article measure, the section rhythm ------------ *\/\n.bp-blog-sec { position: relative; background: var(--bp-white); margin-block: 0;\n  padding-block: var(--bp-s-7);\n  padding-inline: max(var(--bp-side), calc((100% - var(--bp-measure)) \/ 2)); }\n.bp-blog-sec > *:last-child { margin-block-end: 0; }\n.bp-blog-sec > p, .bp-blog-sec > ul, .bp-blog-sec > ol, .bp-blog-sec > .wp-block-quote,\n.bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-faq-item, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-takeaways, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-toc,\n.bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-refs, .bp-blog-sec > .bp-blog-srclead { max-width: var(--bp-prose); }\n.bp-blog-sec--head { padding-block: var(--bp-s-7) 0; }\n.bp-blog-sec--body { padding-block: var(--bp-s-6) var(--bp-s-7); }\n.bp-blog-sec--beige { background: var(--bp-beige); }\n.bp-blog-sec--wash { background: linear-gradient(180deg, #B7CB331A 0%, #B7CB330D 100%), #FFFFFF; }\n.bp-blog-sec--tight { padding-block: var(--bp-s-6); }\n\/* A COLOURED SECTION IS A PANEL, so it carries the panel radius. 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That matters, because the first changes are measurable within two weeks and the hours you sit count separately from the hour you spend on sport. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">The heart and vascular scan from BioProfile<\/a> measures how much these symptoms affect you, and gives you an indication of where you stand today in this area, as the first of the 11 health areas the full scan assesses. This is not a diagnosis. It is insight, to see where you stand today. And to help you make better choices in your food and your lifestyle. What this scan does not do: point to a cause or make a diagnosis. Only a doctor can do the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-takeaways is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In short<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li>After two weeks in which daily steps fell by about 76 percent to 1,413 a day, the fat-free mass of the legs of ten healthy older adults was about 3.9 percent lower and insulin sensitivity after a meal about 43 percent lower.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>In 15 cohorts with 47 471 adults, the falling risk of death levelled off at around 6000 to 8000 steps a day from age 60, and at around 8000 to 10 000 steps under 60.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n<li>In 2025, 46.1 percent of Dutch people aged 18 and over met the physical activity guidelines, which ask for 150 minutes a week plus strengthening activities twice a week.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a>,<a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-toclabel wp-block-paragraph\">Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><a href=\"#weinig-bewegen-gevolgen-wat-het-in-je-lichaam-doet\">Effects of too little movement: what it does in your body<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#gevolgen-te-weinig-bewegen-wat-de-grote-studies-laten-zien\">Effects of too little movement: what the large studies show<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#zitten-telt-apart\">Sitting counts separately<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#hoeveel-bewegen-de-richtlijnen-vragen\">How much movement the guidelines ask for<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#wat-de-hart-en-vaatscan-meet-en-wat-niet\">What the heart and vascular scan measures, and what it does not<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#samengevat\">In summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"weinig-bewegen-gevolgen-wat-het-in-je-lichaam-doet\">Consequences of too little exercise: what it does in your body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten healthy older adults, average age 72 plus or minus 1 year, cut their daily steps by about 76 per cent to 1,413 a day, fourteen days in a row.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> After those two weeks the fat-free mass in their legs was about 3.9 per cent lower, muscle protein synthesis after a meal about 26 per cent lower and insulin sensitivity after a meal about 43 per cent lower.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> In plain words: two weeks of sitting still took measurable muscle mass off the legs of healthy adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other way round, it works within days. Eighteen healthy young adults each did three regimes of four days: 14 hours of sitting a day, 13 hours of sitting plus an hour of intensive cycling, or 8 hours of sitting with 4 hours of walking and 2 hours of standing.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> The days with walking and standing gave the lowest area under the insulin curve of the three (p = 0.010 against sitting) and 22 per cent lower triglycerides, 10 per cent lower non-HDL cholesterol and 8 per cent lower apolipoprotein B than the sitting days.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup> An hour of hard training counts. Over these four days, it stayed behind long, light movement spread across the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gevolgen-te-weinig-bewegen-wat-de-grote-studies-laten-zien\">The effects of too little physical activity: what the large studies show<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight studies pooled accelerometer data from 36 383 adults, with 2149 deaths over a median of 5.8 years.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> Across the rising quarters of total daily movement, the hazard ratios for death were 1.00 (reference), 0.48, 0.34 and 0.27, and for light movement alone 1.00, 0.60, 0.44 and 0.38.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> A hazard ratio of 0.48 means that quarter had roughly half the death rate of the least active group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steps make it countable: fifteen cohorts with 47 471 adults and 3013 deaths over a median of 7.1 years had quartile medians from 3553 to 10 901 steps a day, with hazard ratios of 0.60, 0.55 and 0.47 compared with the lowest quartile.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> The falling risk levelled off at around 6000 to 8000 steps a day from age 60, and at around 8000 to 10 000 steps under 60.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">2<\/a><\/sup> The biggest difference lies between the lowest group and the group just above it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Movement can be seen in the brain too: over a year, the hippocampus of 120 older people in the walking group was 2.12 per cent larger on the left and 1.97 per cent larger on the right, while the hippocampus in the control group was 1.40 per cent and 1.43 per cent smaller, against a usual shrinkage of 1 to 2 per cent a year.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup> People in that study with a larger left and right hippocampus also had a better memory, so a year of walking is measurable in the brain as well.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"zitten-telt-apart\">Sitting counts separately<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dutch people aged 4 and over sit 9.2 hours on an average working day, the figure for 2025.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup> In the same pooled data, the hazard ratios across the rising quarters of sitting time were 1.00 (least sitting), 1.28, 1.71 and 2.63.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> The Gezondheidsraad adds the nuance that counts here: the association becomes weaker when people also move more.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> In people who move a great deal, the association is gone.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking up a day of sitting is measurable within the day: seven studies, with 461 participants in the glucose analysis and 358 in the insulin analysis, tested breaks of 2 minutes every 20 minutes or 5 minutes every 30 minutes.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">9<\/a><\/sup> Against uninterrupted sitting, glucose after a meal was about 9.5 percent lower with standing breaks and about 17 percent lower with light walking breaks, while for insulin only the walking breaks reached statistical significance.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">9<\/a><\/sup> Standing up helps, walking a little helps more, and Thuisarts turns it into a desk rule: if you sit a lot at home or at work, stand up every half hour and walk a little.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hoeveel-bewegen-de-richtlijnen-vragen\">How much physical activity the guidelines ask for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Moving is good, moving more is better&#8217; is how the Dutch Beweegrichtlijnen open: at least 150 minutes a week of moderate intensity movement such as walking and cycling, spread over several days, muscle and bone strengthening activities at least twice a week, for older people with balance exercises, and avoiding a lot of sitting still.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Thuisarts puts it in hours: at least 2.5 hours a week of active movement, for example five days of thirty minutes, plus bone and muscle work twice a week.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup> In 2025, 46.1 per cent of people in the Netherlands aged 18 and over met the guidelines, the share was highest among 18 to 34 year olds and lower in every older age group, and both parts count.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">3<\/a><\/sup> Relatively, the most health gain sits in the step from inactive to at least moderately active, the step from almost nothing to something.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wat-de-hart-en-vaatscan-meet-en-wat-niet\">What the heart and vascular scan measures, and what it does not<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scan asks you questions about this area of your health and turns your answers into a score with the reading band that goes with it, where higher is better. What you get is a baseline you can repeat in a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A questionnaire cannot look inside a blood vessel: cholesterol values, blood pressure and what your heart does under exertion are measurements, and whether the cause of a symptom lies in your habits or somewhere else is a question for a doctor. The scan does not make a diagnosis. Between scans your resting heart rate is a number you can follow yourself, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">what a normal heart rate is<\/a> explains what that number says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four signals are a reason to contact your GP about exercise or sport: you become short of breath or can only breathe with difficulty, you hear a wheezing sound when you breathe, you get chest pain, or your joints start playing up.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"samengevat\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this article you read what two weeks of sitting almost still does to leg muscles and to the way a meal is processed, what pooled data on physical activity, steps and sitting show about dying earlier, what a year of walking did for memory, and what the Dutch guidelines ask for. More physical activity goes with a lower death rate, more sitting with a higher death rate, and the biggest difference is between the least active group and the group just above it. The scan gives you a starting value for this area of your health. It is not a diagnosis. Only a doctor can give you that.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-cta is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Measure where you start<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few questions about how you move and how much you sit, and your score for this area is in your dashboard. What the heart and vascular scan measures, and what the scan is based on, is on the scan page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-self-test\/\">Start the heart and vascular scan<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-ctamicro wp-block-paragraph\">Free, about 3 minutes. An analysis of your answers, never a diagnosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/free-health-check-tests\/\">All health scans<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--wash is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens in your body when you move too little?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within two weeks of sitting almost still, the lean mass of the legs of ten healthy older people was about 3.9 per cent lower and insulin sensitivity after a meal about 43 per cent lower.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">1<\/a><\/sup> The blood fats shift within four days as well.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many hours a day should you move?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutch guideline counts per week: at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity movement spread over several days, plus strengthening activities twice a week.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">4<\/a><\/sup> Thuisarts writes the same thing down as five days of thirty minutes.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the risks of moving too little?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 36 383 adults with accelerometer data, the most active quarter had a hazard ratio for death of 0.27 compared with the least active quarter, and the most sedentary quarter 2.63 compared with the least sedentary.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">6<\/a><\/sup> People in the Netherlands sit for 9.2 hours on an average working day.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-faq-item is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the heart and vascular scan a heart test?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scan gives you a score for this area of your health and a baseline to repeat later. The scan does not measure blood values. The scan does not make a diagnosis. Chest pain, shortness of breath, a wheezing sound when you breathe or joints that flare up are reasons to contact your GP.\u2060<sup class=\"bp-blog-sup\"><a href=\"#bronnen\">10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--beige bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bronnen\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-srclead wp-block-paragraph\">Every source below was checked on the day this article was published. The numbering follows the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list bp-blog-refs\">\n\n<li>Breen L, Stokes KA, Churchward-Venne TA, et al. Two weeks of reduced activity decreases leg lean mass and induces &#8216;anabolic resistance&#8217; of myofibrillar protein synthesis in healthy elderly. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013;98(6):2604-2612. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1210\/jc.2013-1502\">doi.org\/10.1210\/jc.2013-1502<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Paluch AE, Bajpai S, Bassett DR, et al. Daily steps and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of 15 international cohorts. The Lancet Public Health, 2022;7(3):e219-e228. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2468-2667(21)00302-9\">doi.org\/10.1016\/S2468-2667(21)00302-9<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>VZinfo.nl (RIVM). Bewegen: volwassenen. Figures from the Gezondheidsenquete\/Leefstijlmonitor CBS in collaboration with RIVM, accessed 24 September 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vzinfo.nl\/bewegen\/volwassenen\">vzinfo.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Gezondheidsraad. Beweegrichtlijnen 2017. No. 2017\/08, Den Haag, 22 August 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gezondheidsraad.nl\/documenten\/2017\/08\/22\/beweegrichtlijnen-2017\">gezondheidsraad.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Duvivier BMFM, Schaper NC, Bremers MA, et al. Minimal intensity physical activity (standing and walking) of longer duration improves insulin action and plasma lipids more than shorter periods of moderate to vigorous exercise (cycling) in sedentary subjects when energy expenditure is comparable. PLoS ONE, 2013;8(2):e55542. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0055542\">doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0055542<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Ekelund U, Tarp J, Steene-Johannessen J, et al. Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis. The BMJ, 2019;366:l4570. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.l4570\">doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.l4570<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Erickson KI, Voss MW, Prakash RS, et al. Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011;108(7):3017-3022. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1015950108\">doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1015950108<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>State of Public Health and Care. Key figures on sitting behaviour. Source: LSM-A Physical Activity and Injuries\/Lifestyle Monitor RIVM in collaboration with VeiligheidNL and CBS, 2025 figures, accessed 24 September 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staatvenz.nl\/kerncijfers\/zitgedrag\">staatvenz.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Buffey AJ, Herring MP, Langley CK, Donnelly AE, Carson BP. The acute effects of interrupting prolonged sitting time in adults with standing and light-intensity walking on biomarkers of cardiometabolic health in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Medicine, 2022;52:1765-1787. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s40279-022-01649-4\">doi.org\/10.1007\/s40279-022-01649-4<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Thuisarts.nl (NHG). Ik wil gezond bewegen. Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap, accessed 24 September 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/gezond-leven\/ik-wil-gezond-bewegen\">thuisarts.nl<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also read<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-related is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/heart-complaints-women-symptoms\/\">Heart complaints in women: which symptoms the studies count, and when to contact a doctor<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/en\/normal-heart-rate\/\">Normal heart rate: the guidelines, and where the figures come from<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-sec bp-blog-sec--tight is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written by<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-author is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse van der Velde\" class=\"wp-image-4815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioprofile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/author-jesse-round-320-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorrole wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of BioProfile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorname wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group bp-blog-authorbody is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p class=\"bp-blog-authorbio wp-block-paragraph\">Jesse van der Velde has been guiding people to a new body and optimal health since 2006, and has written or co-written fifteen books on nutrition and health. 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