Studies have shown that a sedentary lifestyle can increase the risk for heart disease, obesity, cancer, and diabetes. That's ...

Being sedentary for more than six hours a day greatly increased the risk of neck pain, according to a systematic research review published in the journal BMC Public Health. The review’s authors looked ...

Long hours of sitting can slow digestion and damage gut health. A gastro expert explains how desk jobs affect your body and ...

Work in our modern world has been replaced from physical movement to sedentary behaviour. And after 40, sitting for long ...

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A new study suggests that reducing daily sedentary time can have a positive effect on the risk factors of lifestyle diseases in only three months. Spending just one hour less sitting daily and ...

Have you ever thought about how we got into this situation where most of us are typing, tapping or scrolling on screens much of the day? Well, NPR's special series Body Electric is investigating our ...

Below, please find two summaries related to studies publishing in The Lancet and eClinicalMedicine (part of The Lancet Discovery Science suite of journals) sharing new research on how small increases ...

Researchers have used machine learning to explore the links between sedentary behavior and dementia, finding that the total time spent sedentary matters for brain aging. Adults aged 60 and older who ...

Man watching television The American Heart Association has released a science advisory regarding the cardiovascular risks associated with sedentary behavior. Sedentary behavior contributes to the risk ...