As much as we'd like to think you spend the better part of your day standing up, let's not pretend. You're probably sitting down as you read this, and that could be a big problem, especially if ...

Excessive sitting is likened to physical inactivity and poses serious health risks. The WHO advises at least 150 minutes of ...

Sitting and smoking: A comparative analysis Prolonged sitting has many adverse health effects, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, abnormal blood lipid profile, and hypertension (high blood pressure).

According to the World Health Organization, nearly 1.8 billion adults worldwide are insufficiently active, placing them at greater risk of heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.

Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation. by Nilofer Merchant. January 14, 2013 ...

Most likely, you’re sitting. It’s natural—your feet are tired. People always say you shouldn’t sit for too long or your back starts to hurt, and it’s just not good for your joints.

In 2016, the “sitting is the new smoking” was written in the British Journal of general practice. The idea among the medical community has been around longer.

A recent study claimed that excessive sitting – all too common in our modern, hyper-connected world – is more deadly than smoking and HIV. The solution, the researchers claimed, is a novel creation ...