Simply put, our bodies aren't designed to be sedentary.

简单地说，我们的身体是为动而设计的。

So, my job is pretty sedentary, but not my life.

所以说我的工作要求动，但是我的生活并非如此。

A good rule of thumb is 13 calories per pound of body weight for a sedentary person of either sex, 16 calories per pound for a moderately active person, and 18 calories per pound for a vigorously active person.

一个经验法则就是，无论男女，的人每磅体重需要13卡路里的热量，中等强度 活动的人每磅体重需要16卡路里，活动强度比较大的人每磅体重需要18卡路里。

It also cultivates bad habits, motivating a sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy diet.

还会培坏习惯，促使人们的生活方式和健康的饮食。

This can easily be blamed on easy access to junk food and sedentary lifestyles.

这很容易归咎于普遍的垃圾食品和动的生活方式。

The question that we asked in my lab is, what's the least amount of " movement breaks" that we need in order to offset the harms of being highly sedentary?

我在实验室里研究的核心问题是：为了抵消长期来的危害，我们最起码需要多长时间的“运动间歇”？

Quantification is another excuse to remain sedentary.

量化是另一个保持的借口。

A sedentary lifestyle can lead to health problems like obesity.

的生活方式可能导致肥胖等健康问题。

We've been hearing more and more about how sitting is the new smoking, she said.

她说，" 我们听到越来越多关于危害等同吸烟的说法" 。

But on the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers' lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more sedentary not least because more time is spent in front of computers.

但在肥胖这个问题上，她指出消费者的生活方式发生了很大的变化，许多人动，特别是因为大家要花更多时间在电脑面前办公。

These people did better than those who sat less but were not active.

这些人比时间短但活动的人更健康。

" They don't have to be sedentary dogs that can't breathe."

“它们一定非得是动、无法呼吸的狗。”

Smoking, drinking alcohol, being sedentary are risk factors for hypertension, commonly called high blood pressure.

吸烟, 摄入酒精, 是引起高度紧张, 通常称高血压的危险因素。

If they're sedentary, they should be encouraged to exercise.

如果他们动，应该鼓励他们运动。

For example, if you're a woman in your 30s or 40s, and you live a rather sedentary lifestyle—meaning you don't set aside time for any exercise—then probably don't need any more than 1800 calories on average.

比如，如果你是一位30多岁或者40多岁的女性 又通常动，意思是你没有专门锻炼的时间，那么平均说来，你需要的卡路里可能会超过1800卡。

Whether it's working at a desk, sitting motionless in a car, bus, or train, or lounging on the sofa watching TV, we have a much more sedentary lifestyle than our parents and grandparents did.

无论是伏案工作，在汽车、公共汽车或火车上一动动，还是懒洋洋地躺在沙发上看电视，我们的生活方式比我们的父母和祖父母要得多。

Recent studies have found that sitting for long periods is linked with some types of cancers and heart disease and can contribute to diabetes, kidney and liver problems.

最近研究发现与某些类型的癌症、心脏疾病有关，还会导致糖尿病与肝、肾之毛病。

His frame was slight and boyish, but he had grown rather doughy by his late 30s, with a pot belly and a pallid complexion that suggested, along with his spectacles, a sedentary life in the half-light of the margins.

他身材瘦小，像个孩子，但到了 30 多岁时，他已经变得相当臃肿，有个大肚子，肤色苍白，还有他的眼镜，这些都表明他在边缘地区的半明半暗下过着动的生活。

" Obesity can stem from a variety of factors, including family clustering of obesity, stress-related eating, a sedentary lifestyle, high-calorie food choices and the traditional perception associating excess weight with wealth, " said Zhang.

“肥胖的因多种多样，包括家族性肥胖、压力性进食、动的生活方式、高热量饮食选择，以及传统观念中将体重与富裕程度挂钩的认知，”张鹏说道。

But, the fact is that overweight and sedentary subjects did lose weight by adding exercise and making zero dietary changes, which means they were effectively outrunning their so-called " bad" diet.

但是，事实是超重和的受试者确实可以通过增加锻炼和改变饮食习惯来减重，这意味着他们实际上已经拜托了所谓的“糟糕”饮食的影响。