Doctors from Mumbai and Pune highlight that long periods of inactivity raise cancer risk, but even short walks and light ...

Technological advances and the habits of modern life have drastically reduced levels of physical activity around the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) now warns that inactivity and sedentary ...

Think about how much of your day is spent sitting: the morning commute, hours at a desk, dinner at the table, and finally, a night on the couch scrolling through Netflix or your phone. It feels normal ...

A new study links prolonged sedentary behavior to increased risk of cognitive decline and brain shrinkage associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Even daily exercise does not offset the negative impact ...

New research from the University of South Australia challenges conventional wisdom about sedentary behavior and its effects on brain health. The groundbreaking study reveals that certain types of ...

Orthopaedic experts warn that long sitting hours and sedentary lifestyles are weakening hip muscles and bones, causing pain, stiffness and early fragility even among young adults.

Doctors and public health experts have welcomed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) increasing focus on wearable technology ...

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 ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. Nobody truly wants to workout. It’s hard. This fact has generated an ...

For many, modern life has turned into a chair-bound marathon. Footsteps fade, finger taps rise, and prolonged stillness emerges as a silent threat to public health. Such sedentary lifestyles are ...

Sitting all day is associated with lower odds that boys who are 6-8 years old will perform well in reading and arithmetic during grades 1-3 of elementary school, according to a new study. These ...