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MeSH Heading: Sedentary Behavior
Tree Number(s): F01.145.749; F01.829.458.705
Unique ID: D057185
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057185
Scope Note: Behaviors during waking hours that have low energy expenditure and are often performed in a sitting or reclining POSTURE.
Entry Term(s): Lack of Exercise; Lack of Physical Activity; Low Physical Activity; Physical Inactivity; Reclining Position; Sedentariness; Sedentary Lifestyle; Sedentary Time; Sedentary Work; Sitting Time; Time Spent Sitting; Total Sedentary Time
Public MeSH Note: 2019(2010)
History Note: 2019(2010)
Date Introduced: 2010/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Concept UI: M0535007
Scope Note: Behaviors during waking hours that have low energy expenditure and are often performed in a sitting or reclining POSTURE.
Terms: Sedentary Behavior Preferred Term
Term UI T000940825
Date03/04/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Sedentariness
Term UI T001147742
Date03/27/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Sedentary Lifestyle
Term UI T749938
Date04/24/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Reclining Position
Term UI T001149079
Date06/17/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

Concept UI: M000643923
Scope Note: Less than 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity per week or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity physical activity per week.
Terms: Physical Inactivity Preferred Term
Term UI T000945157
Date07/23/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2020); Lack of Exercise
Term UI T001147776
Date03/31/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026); Lack of Physical Activity
Term UI T001080618
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Low Physical Activity
Term UI T001147777
Date03/31/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2026)

Concept UI: M000676877
Terms: Sedentary Time Preferred Term
Term UI T000997684
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sitting Time
Term UI T001147744
Date03/27/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Time Spent Sitting
Term UI T001147745
Date03/27/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Total Sedentary Time
Term UI T001147746
Date03/27/2025
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Sedentary Behavior MeSH Descriptor Data 2026