In patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, spending a lot of time sedentary is linked to an increased risk for ...

Research has long linked prolonged sitting to cognitive decline. But a new study complicates that narrative, suggesting that ...

Lack of exercise among adolescents affects more than just their physical condition. It turns out that the problem is complex, ...

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 ...

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 ...

New study shows that just 30 minutes of less sitting each day can improve the body's ability to utilize fats and carbohydrates for energy production. Reducing sedentary behavior can be particularly ...

Researchers have used machine learning to explore the links between sedentary behavior and dementia, finding that the total time spent sedentary matters for brain aging. Adults aged 60 and older who ...

Sitting too much can be deadly. But all hope is not lost, even for the most committed of couch potatoes: In a new study published in the journal Circulation, researchers say that you can make up for ...

If you had but one New Year’s resolution to keep, maybe it should be to get up and move a little more. New research shows that for men and women across the spectrum of body mass index and belt size, ...

In a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers report that people who spend more hours of the day sitting have up to a 66% higher risk of developing certain types of ...