The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised obesity as a “chronic, progressive and relapsing” disease and is backing ...

Correspondence to Professor Dongfeng Zhang, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Qingdao University Medical College, No.38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, China; ...

The pervasive nature of modern life often sees us spending far too much time seated, making the integration of more physical activity into our daily routines a crucial challenge. As the colder weather ...

When parents sit too much, their kids tend to follow suit. But if parents keep active, children don’t mirror the same sedentary habits, a new study has shown. It highlights the power of parents as ...

A sedentary lifestyle increases health risks, comparable to smoking, according to Dr Khura. She shares how it affects your health and ways to be more active. Working officials often spend the majority ...

We reviewed the evidence that examines the effects of treatments to reduce the amount of sedentary behaviour in people after stroke. 'Sedentary behaviour' refers to sitting or lying down (e.g. sitting ...

In older adults, increased sedentary time was associated with smaller brain volume, greater neurodegeneration, and worse cognitive performance, especially among apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 carriers, ...

More sedentary time was linked with neurodegeneration and worse cognition, a 7-year study showed. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal associations emerged. Longitudinal relationships persisted ...

We've all heard the adage "sitting is the new smoking" — but new research shows that being still for too long can have effects that go beyond the lungs and heart. Just six hours of sedentary behavior ...

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 ...

Sedentary lifestyle is a type of an inactive behaviour status of individuals, such as sitting, watching television, playing digital games, using a computer, social media, and office works that results ...

A study in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that teens spending over three hours daily on sedentary activities—such as gaming, leisure reading, or excessive screen time—face a higher risk of ...