Passive activities such as watching television have been linked to worse memory and cognitive skills, while 'active sitting' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. February 22, 2022 Add as a preferred ...