Sedentary Lifestyle

• Here’s how you can offset health impacts of sitting all day, according to new research

  Clocking 22 minutes of moderate physical activity every day may be enough to offset the unhealthy lifestyle of sitting for long periods of time, according to a recent study.

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  Oct 26, 2023
  
• Americans sit for an hour longer per day than they did 9 years earlier: study

  Between 2007 and 2016, the average sitting time for teens and adults increased by about an hour each day.

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  Apr 24, 2019
  
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• Binge-watching your favourite shows is bad for your health: study

  Binge-watching has become a normal way of catching up on your favourite TV shows. But as researchers find, sitting for too long is negatively impacting our health.

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  Sep 18, 2017
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• Sitting all day at work? Get up every 30 minutes to cut your risk of death

  Sitting all day at work? Doctors have warned that "sitting disease" is real so if you want to combat it, get up and move every 30 minutes, a new study is warning.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2017
• Lazy lifestyles linked to common cooking oils

  The research concludes eating lots of polyunsaturated fatty acids can lead to sedentary lifestyles, especially for females.

  Consumer

  Apr 12, 2017
• Teens sitting for long periods of time could be impacting their bone health

  A University of British Columbia Bone Density study says 36 per cent of skeleton is developed during adolescence.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2017
• New study shows sedentary seniors are older than their chronological age

  Skipping out on exercise could age you faster than you think.

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  Jan 24, 2017
• Too much sleep, excessive sitting could shorten your life: study

  It's long been established that drinking, smoking, and a poor diet can lead to an early death, but a new study has added too little or too much sleep, along with extended periods of sitting, to that list.

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  Dec 15, 2015
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• Easy exercises and stretches you can do at work

  We spend hours a day sitting at our desks and most of us aren't moving around enough. Here are some exercises and stretches you can do at work.

  Health

  Nov 20, 2014