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What’s the first image that comes to your mind when someone says ‘work desk’? A table, a chair with some essentials kept on the…
What’s the first image that comes to your mind when someone says ‘work desk’? A table, a chair with some essentials kept on the…
Every day, we’re doing things to tire out our ticker, and may not even know it. The stats prove it: According to the Centers…
Today’s blog post comes from Aamir Raoof Memon, an Assistant Professor at the Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences…
Today’s blog is provided by Dr. Navjot Pachu describing a new study titled “University students’ knowledge, self-efficacy…
You may have heard the term ‘sitting is the new smoking’. Whether this might seem exaggerated, or like comparing apples with…
A few days ago the Washington Post published an article criticizing the reliability of online heart risk calculators. But the…
Today’s post comes from researchers Salomé Aubert and Fabien Rivière, and describes their recent review of the content of…
Today’s post comes from researchers Salomé Aubert and Fabien Rivière, and describes their recent review of the content of…
Today’s post comes from researchers Salomé Aubert and Fabien Rivière, and describes their recent review of the content of…
Brace yourself: The calorie-burning benefits of standing versus sitting will not, at first blush, blow you out of your seat.
The natural order of the classroom has always been for pupils to sit. Whether this involves, talking, discussing, working in…
Researchers at the University of Warwick find we must walk seven miles, or stand for seven to eight hours, to undo the effects…
Sitting too much can boost your risk for premature death, even with exercise.
Staying healthy and active during work hours can be difficult, which is why we put together a survival guide for all you hard-wor…
A new extensive analysis reveals that a hour of moderate exercise a day can cancel out the health risks brought on by your desk…
Neither sitting or standing all day is good for you. These seating designs offer a third way.If there's one thing that the…
Having a high metabolism can give you energy and make you feel better. Here are 10 ...
Metabolism is the term for all the chemical reactions in your body. These chemical reactions keep your body alive and…
Standing up during the day at work may not reduce your total sitting time, or fight a sedentary lifestyle.
Sitting too much is seriously bad for your health. People who sit a lot have an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and…
Modern society has been engineered for sitting. As a result, humans spend more time off their feet than ever before. However…
We live in a busy world. Be kind to yourself and perform your best with these daily practices. Today I want to bring you my…
We live in a busy world. Be kind to yourself and perform your best with these daily practices. Today I want to bring you my…
(credit: dazza chazza/Flickr) Planting your behind in a seat for hours at a time has been squarely linked to an increase…
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We asked, you answered. As a Patreon perk, many of our patrons voted for an episode on the dangers of sitting. This has been in…
Are you sitting down? You might want to take a little walk after reading this article.
By Dr. Mike…
Which active desk designs are best for your body and mind? Read on.If it wasn't already clear through common sense, it's become…
Today’s post is a summary of a fascinating new paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine on the relationship between…
This is how to keep moving for decades to come, not get type 2 diabetes, and not die of pneumonia after falling and breaking a…
There are many ways to die; none of them good. For most of us, we don’t die because of natural disaster or traumatic event. No…
"It Doesn’t Matter How Much You Exercise If You Also Do This" was one of the headlines which followed the systematic review and…
Take a walkGet off your seat for better healthSitting too much could be bad for the heart, even if you exercise regularly. A…
På senare tid har det kommit flera studier som visar att människor som sitter mycket utvecklar en sämre hälsa oavsett om de träna…
Evidence has been accumulating about the toll of prolonged sitting, and a new systematic review and meta-analysis published in…
By Meng Chen…
NEJM 22 Jan 2015 Vol…
When I talk with my patients about exercise, I usually advise them to do the recommended amount: 150 minutes of moderate-intensit…
When I talk with my patients about exercise, I usually advise them to do the recommended amount: 150 minutes of moderate-intensit…
Like many people, I have a job that involves sitting in front of a computer most of the day. Because I work from home, I don’t…
Like many people, I have a job that involves sitting in front of a computer most of the day. Because I work from home, I don’t…
And what's worse, going to the gym won't compensate for it.
Unlike our ancestors, humans today spend a lot of time sitting watching television and on the computer. In a new study…
James Brown had it right. There may be no better medical advice these days than to “Get Up Offa That Thing. A large new…
An anonymous reader writes: Toronto researchers have found the amount of time a person sits during the day is associated with a…
In recent years the data gathered from large epidemiological studies have suggested that more time spent sitting correlates…
MedicalResearch.com Medical Research Interviews and News MedicalResearch.com Interview with: David Alter, MD, PhD FRCPC Senior…
Maybe those of us who sit for long hours in meetings, on phone calls, and tapping away at keyboards should be getting hazard pay.