Sitting all day might not be as damaging as once feared—if you’re willing to move more. A massive study tracking over 72,000 people found that simply increasing daily steps can significantly reduce ...

From a biological perspective, being inactive is more than the opposite of being active. Being sedentary results in unique ...

Researchers found interesting takeaways while evaluating different sedentary behaviors among participants.

Too much sedentary activity has been found to increase the risk of developing dementia. But a new study suggests that sitting with a pair of knitting needles, rather than just watching TV, can stave ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Each 30-minute increase in sedentary time above 6 hours per day raised young adults’ risk for liver damage by 15 ...

A new study suggests you may not need 10,000 daily steps to protect memory and slow cognitive decline.

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.

Salty water linked to 26 per cent higher risk of hypertension as rising global sea levels affect freshwater supplies ...

Experts have recognized that active lifestyles favor lower breast cancer risk. However, despite this long-standing appreciation, the precise mechanistic link between breast cancer and exercise remains ...

A new study suggests that reducing daily sedentary time can have a positive effect on the risk factors of lifestyle diseases in only three months. Spending just one hour less sitting daily and ...

People who sit or remain sedentary for more than 14 hours a day, on average, may have a higher risk of a cardiovascular event or death in the year after treatment at a hospital for symptoms of a heart ...