Is this yet more proof that most studies are conducted on men?

Published in the journal Endocrinology, the study confirms that younger women are less likely to suffer health issues as a result of (short-term) sedentary, sugary-laden lifestyles than men.

It’s interesting that this is the first piece of research to be published actually examining the ways in which both sexes react differently to the same lifestyle interventions. It suggests perhaps that most of the studies previously published on the subject either ignored sex-based differences or were mainly conducted on men.

There are countless studies on the terrifying impacts of sitting down like this 2012 review which concludes that sitting can increase our risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death by any cause. This 2009 study found just two weeks of sedentary behaviour is linked to a major increase in insulin resistance - a key diver of type 2 diabetes. But the 2012 review makes no mention of sex and the 2009 study was conducted only on men.

Younger women are less prone to ill-effects of sitting down all day, new study reveals