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The sitting behavior that can ‘significantly’ reduce dementia risk: study

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 433 words · By Fox News
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Add The New York Post on GoogleFor years, researchers have believed prolonged sitting could raise dementia risk — but new findings suggest what you do while sitting may matter more than previously thought.

Common ground

The research, which was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in March, found that replacing mentally passive sedentary behavior with mentally active sedentary behavior was associated with a significant reduction in dementia risk.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The research, which was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in March, found that replacing mentally passive sedentary behavior with mentally active sedentary behavior was associated with a significant reduction in dementia risk.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the study was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in March and found that replacing mentally passive sedentary behavior with mentally active behavior reduces dementia risk.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Preventive healthcare or prophylaxis is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors, genetic predisposition, disease agents…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_healthcare
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is an American non-profit organization focused on practice, research, publication, and teaching of evidence-based preventive medicine. It publishes t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_College_of_Preventive…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lifestyle medicine (LM) is a branch of medicine focused on preventive healthcare and self-care dealing with prevention, research, education, and treatment of disorders caused by lifestyle factors and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_medicine
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Claim 2: “Swedish researchers analyzed data from more than 20,000 adults between ages 35 and 64 who were tracked over a 19-year period, between 1997 and 2016”
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While the general study is mentioned in other results, the specific details about 20,000 adults aged 35-64 over a 19-year period (1997-2016) are not explicitly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the provided web results for this specific claim are irrelevant (discussing drug reports and footballers).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from the year 1997 in Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_in_Sweden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Anders Smith (born 8 January 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smith_(Swedish_footballer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east, and shares a mar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden
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Claim 3: “dementia diagnoses were identified using Swedish health and death records.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that dementia diagnoses were identified using Swedish health and death records.
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web search NEUTRAL — Using Biometrics to Identify Successful Ads.
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ujar20
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web search NEUTRAL — Participants answered questions about their sitting habits, physical activity and other lifestyle behaviors, while dementia diagnoses were identified using Swedish health and death records. Older man …
https://www.foxnews.com/health/one-type-sitting-may-pose-gre…
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web search NEUTRAL — The study enrolled adults aged 35 to 64 and followed them from the late 1990s into the 2010s. Participants reported how they spent time sitting, their physical activity levels and other lifestyle deta…
https://news.spreely.com/swap-passive-sitting-for-active-tas…
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Claim 4: “The CDC projects that by 2060, nearly 14 million American adults will have Alzheimer’s disease.”
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The CDC website explicitly states the projection of nearly 14 million people by 2060.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) is a planned operating agency within the U.S. Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to be created as part of the HH…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) is an American nonprofit organization based in New York City whose mission is to provide support, services and education to individuals, families and caregi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_Foundation_of_Amer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and is the most common form of dementia, accounting for around 60–70% of cases. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer's_disease
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Claim 5: “Researchers also recently found that a higher intake of unprocessed meat may protect against dementia in older people who have a variant of a certain gene.”
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Only one relevant web search result mentions the claim about unprocessed meat and gene variants; the other results for this claim are dictionary definitions and a game, providing no corroboration.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · high 2 of 3 adverb 1 : at or to a high place, altitude, level, or degree climbed higher passions ran high 2 : well, luxuriously
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher
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web search NEUTRAL — HIGHER definition: 1. comparative of high 2. used to refer to an advanced level of education: 3. in Scotland, an…. Learn more.
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web search NEUTRAL — Refugee Crisis vs Donald Trump. Starbucks vs Tax Avoidance. Which gets Googled more? A simple game of higher or lower. Play now!
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Claim 6: “One recent study published by the Alzheimer’s Association found that a person’s biological age may be tied to dementia risk.”
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Multiple web search results confirm a study found that biological age can be a stronger predictor of dementia risk than chronological age.
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web search NEUTRAL — One recent study published by the Alzheimer’s Association found that a person’s biological age may be tied to dementia risk. Researchers also recently found that a higher intake of unprocessed meat ma…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/health/one-type-of-sitting-may…
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web search NEUTRAL — The research showed that biological age can be a stronger predictor of dementia risk than chronological age. According to a February 2025 report by the National Institutes of Health, more than 6 milli…
https://decrypt.co/317486/dementia-risk-biological-age-study
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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers found that genetic risk and biological aging appeared to operate mostly independently. This means that both inherited genes and general body aging may separately contribute to dementia dev…
https://knowridge.com/2026/05/your-bodys-true-age-may-reveal…
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Claim 7: “lead researcher Dr. Mats Hallgren of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute”
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Multiple sources confirm Mats Hallgren is a researcher at the Karolinska Institute and was the lead author/researcher of the study.
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web search NEUTRAL — Research; Teaching. About me. Mats is Principal Researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and Associate Professor at the Institute for Physical Activity ...
https://ki.se/en/people/mats-hallgren
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web search NEUTRAL — ... University, and Principal Researcher at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. His research focuses on the application of exercise and physical activity as ...
https://experts.deakin.edu.au/64953-mats-hallgren
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 8, 2026 ... ... study's lead author, Mats Hallgren, of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. ... For the study, Dr. Hallgren and his colleagues analyzed ...
https://www.alzinfo.org/articles/prevention/the-right-way-to…
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