HealthDay (3/26, Gotkine) reports, “Mentally passive sedentary behavior may increase the risk for dementia, while mentally active sedentary behavior may reduce the risk, according to a study.” Investigators came to this conclusion after examining “associations of mentally passive and mentally active sedentary behaviors with incident dementia using data from the Swedish National March Cohort, including 20,811 adults aged 35 to 64 years.” The findings were published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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— “Dementia Risk May Vary With Mentally Active Versus Passive Sitting,”Elana Gotkine, HealthDay, March 26, 2026