sedentary lifestyle
What sedentary lifestyle means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of sedentary lifestyle
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Reference: OCR
A way of living linked to increased loneliness and reduced belonging to a group, and to consequences such as raised risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) and Type 2 diabetes.
Topics that use sedentary lifestyle
- Health, fitness and well-being (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Data interpretation
- emotional
- Health, fitness and well-being
- physical
- Physiological explanation
- Relationships and differences between the three concepts
- social
- Evaluation of evidence
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