It may not occur to a person that a certain posture may increase the risk of developing cancer, as a recent study revealed that prolonged sitting or lying position is an independent risk factor for cancer, according to the website CancerFactFinder.org, a health portal dedicated to investigating allegations of cancer. Cancer Risk, designed by a team from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard TH Chan Public Health.
He cites a systematic review of 18 articles related to sedentary behavior and cancer risk, and according to the review there are “statistically significant” relationships between sedentary behavior and cancer outcomes. According to the Express website.
CancerFactFinder says in its summary of the review: “People who spend more time sitting or lying down have an increased risk of colorectal, endometrial, ovarian and prostate cancer.”
In addition, sedentary behavior is linked to an increased cancer death rate in women, the Health Authority reports. These findings confirmed in 2020 for a group of 8,002 black and white adults: sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor for cancer risk and death.
According to the Emirati newspaper, Al Bayan, there is strong evidence that low levels of physical activity are associated with an increased risk of many types of cancer.
Conversely, there is strong evidence that higher levels of physical activity are associated with a lower risk of several types of cancer.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) says: “Evidence linking higher physical activity to a reduced risk of cancer comes mainly from observational studies, in which individuals report their physical activity and are followed for years for a diagnosis of cancer.”
Although observational studies cannot prove a causal relationship, a healthy body notes that when studies in different populations have similar results and when there is a possible mechanism for a causal relationship, this provides evidence of a causal relationship.