Leonie Heron and colleagues say that as well as sedentary behavior causing thousands of deaths per year, sitting or lying for six hours or more per day is at the root of the £424m per year spent on ...

Sitting down for more than six hours a day may literally be a pain in the neck. Researchers said that the way we live and work is increasing the risk of neck pain every year, which can lead to hefty ...

Sedentary behavior is defined as any waking activity with an energy expenditure of ≤1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs) while in a sitting or reclining posture. Essentially, this means that any activity ...

Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car ...

While online coaching improves asthma management short-term, it does not sustain physical activity changes, highlighting the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk of death was heightened by sedentary time for frail adults who were inactive, according to findings ...

A new study focuses on former emergency-room patients with symptoms like chest pain. After leaving the ER, sedentary behavior was linked with a higher risk of cardiac events. But replacing sedentary ...

This article was originally published in Italian on Univadis. "To provide guidance to parents, educators, policymakers, researchers, and healthcare providers" ― this was the main objective of the ...

You don’t have to leave your home or office. Try a few minutes of neck stretches and shoulder rolls followed by a few desk ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego , it's Jade Hindman. Today we are focusing our show on wellness. Will tell you about the dangers of sitting still too long and ways to change that. This is Midday Edition , ...