Did you know that people with higher levels of sedentary behavior have higher mortality rates than more active individuals, even when they participate in the recommended minimal levels of moderate physical activity?  Researchers speculated that a sedentary lifestyle could have negative effects, even when people aren’t entirely sedentary.  Findings were presented at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) annual meeting in May.  According to Charles E. Matthews, PhD, physical activity epidemiologist and lead author, “Our results indicate that while exercise did reduce risk of early death, even quite high levels of exercise did not overcome the influence of high levels of television viewing on mortality risk… The results add to the growing evidence that the adverse effects of sedentary behavior are independent of the benefits gained from moderate to vigorous activity.”  Read the full article.