Get off your couch seniors

 Older adults may have a new reason to get off the couch: a recent study suggests that having a sedentary lifestyle may increase the chances of developing dementia.  
Research published earlier this week in JAMA found that being sedentary for 10 hours or more each day was “significantly associated “with dementia, a general term for a loss of cognitive functioning.1 Symptoms include memory loss, confusion, and difficulty expressing thoughts.2
National Institute on Aging. What Is Dementia? Symptoms, Types, and Diagnosis.
"One of the most compelling things I find about the study is that regarding the associated risk with dementia, the total time spent being sedentary matters more than the way this time is being accumulated," study author Daniel Aslan MS, a PhD candidate in human and evolutionary biology at the University of Southern California's Department of Biological Sciences, told Health.  

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https://www.health.com/sitting-increase-dementia-risk-7971559