In some cultures, sitting on the ground is common, but that tends not to be the case in the U.S. — should it be?

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From 9 to 5 workdays spent in front of the computer to binging on a new TV series, most of us spend a lot of time sitting, often in a single day. Young adults in the U.S. reportedly sit about nine to ...

To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of a 2023 study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Medicine & ...

"Moderate to vigorous physical activity — so that’s running, a brisk walk — is not sufficient to neutralize the harmful effects of sitting," say researchers FG Trade/Getty People who sit at a desk all ...

Reports suggest that headlines claiming “sitting is the new smoking” dramatically overstate the health risks. While sitting ...

To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal Medicine & ...

Sedentary behavior can result in chronic health conditions such as obesity and heart disease, bad news for the millions of office workers who are forced to sit behind their desks every day. In its ...

The average American adult spends more than half of their day sitting. Whether it’s working at a desk, commuting, or watching TV, most people lead highly sedentary lifestyles. Studies show that ...

Popular wisdom says that humans spend about one-third of their lives sleeping, but how much of the other two-thirds do we spend off our feet? Sitting isn’t even particularly fun, and its detriments ...

Sitting Disease. It sounds like some mysterious condition you’d bring back from an exotic vacation, but it’s actually a modern homegrown ailment caused by going from the breakfast table to the ...

Turns out grandma was right. Most of us are too busy trying to lose weight and achieve optimal gut health to care too much about our posture. But — according to Kristianne Egbert, certified ...