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In middle age, costs of physical inactivity start climbing

The risks of ill health associated with sedentary time and physical inactivity have been documented by many research studies and reported in ICAA Research Review. A research team wanted to discover the cost of sedentary time, so they turned to the data in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, which is following over 40,000 women across the adult life span who report on their health behaviors, time use, physical and emotional health, and use of healthcare services.

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