Passage: Community sports facilities remain scarce in many urban neighborhoods, pushing children and young adults toward increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Public health officials link this trend to rising rates of childhood obesity and related illnesses. A handful of local governments have begun converting vacant plots into small sports grounds, though funding constraints have slowed the pace of expansion considerably. Question: In the passage, the word ‘sedentary’ most nearly means:

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Passage: Community sports facilities remain scarce in many urban neighborhoods, pushing children and young adults toward increasingly sedentary lifestyles. Public health officials link this trend to rising rates of childhood obesity and related illnesses. A handful of local governments have begun converting vacant plots into small sports grounds, though funding constraints have slowed the pace of expansion considerably. Question: In the passage, the word &#8216;sedentary&#8217; most nearly means:

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Involving little or no physical activity. 'Sedentary lifestyles' means lifestyles with little physical movement, the opposite of active

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