Research has long linked prolonged sitting to cognitive decline. But a new study complicates that narrative, suggesting that ...

Taking shorter, more frequent breaks is the best remedy ...

You could be doing your brain a solid without realizing it.

Long hours at desks, screens and sofas are silently increasing India's risk of heart disease, diabetes and early death. In an ...

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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 for too long damages the heart, may harm the brain, and increases risk of death. Researchers aren’t even sure that exercise is enough to make up for the harms of sitting too much. But taking a ...

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 ...

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 ...