Sedentary behavior (i.e., sitting, reclining or lying while awake) poses an emerging public health concern due to decreased contractions of skeletal muscles and decreased peristalsis (i.e., increasing ...

Being sedentary for more than six hours a day greatly increased the risk of neck pain, according to a systematic research review published in the journal BMC Public Health. The review’s authors looked ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 3-month intervention reduced sedentary behavior and increased standing by about 1 hour during the workday for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older men who spent more time engaging in sedentary behavior had a higher risk for sustaining a fracture.

Although sedentary behavior may be an evolutionarily selected trait, it is still important to try to be physically active, says a new study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Children and young adults who are couch potatoes could wind up with enlarged hearts, increasing their risk of heart attack, stroke and early death. Sedentary behavior contributed as much as 40% to the ...

The standard advice has long been that adults need 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week to maintain good health. But for ...

Although sedentary behaviour may be an evolutionarily selected trait, it is still important to try to be physically active, says a new study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.