Investigating the impact of replacing sedentary time with physical activity on genetic risk of coronary heart disease

A research team led by Dr. Youngwon Kim, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, has conducted a large-scale epidemiological study to examine the potential health benefits of substituting sedentary time (e.g., sitting) for physically active time in preventing coronary heart disease across different genetic risk levels.