Sitting is the new smoking. Get used to that expression because you're going to be hearing it a lot. Inactivity has become public enemy No. 1. The reason sedentary behaviour is so worrisome is ...

The majority of work done in the Victorian period would have been understood as manual labour or factory work. ... the labour market also began to change. ... sedentary workers are in the majority.

Heavy Manual Labor, Not Leisure-Time Exercise, Tied to AF Risk. Marlene Busko. July 28, 2016. ... Low: mainly sedentary (eg, office work). Moderate: quite a bit of walking, no heavy lifting.

In industrial countries, non-manual workers now represent 20-30 per cent of the occupied population. In noting the general tendencies, the Committee recommends that the International Labour Office ...