After Heart Attack: Excessive Sitting Is Life Threatening
Excessive sitting, especially for heart attack survivors, is so dangerous that it’s been dubbed the “new smoking.” Here’s how to offset this danger if you’ve had a heart attack. […]
Sitting Disease’s Effect on Forearms Harms Overall Blood Flow
The sitting disease, dubbed “the new smoking,” impairs blood flow in the forearms which can affect the cardiovascular system. […]
Does Your Kid Sit too Much? This Can Raise Blood Pressure
When kids spend more than six hours a day sitting during the transition from childhood to young adulthood, this can raise blood pressure. […]
Do You Sit for Long Periods on the Job and Have Back Pain?
More studies are showing that long periods of sitting at work can lead to health issues such as fatigue, high blood pressure and back pain as well as discomfort in other parts of the body. [...]
How Well Can a Standing Desk Offset the Sitting Disease?
The “sitting disease,” dubbed the “new smoking,” absolutely needs to be avoided. […]
Heart Failure Death May Be Caused by too Much Sitting
What’s really scary is that the “sitting disease” can worsen heart function even in people who meet the recommended levels for exercise. […]
Even in Kids, Excess Sitting Can Be Harmful to Health
Children are not immune to the bad health effects of too much time sitting. […]
Does Youth Protect Against the “Sitting Disease”?
It’s been said that the “sitting disease” harms health as much as smoking. […]
Excess Standing vs. Excess Sitting: Health Outcomes
You’ve heard of the “sitting disease,” but can there actually exist a “standing disease?” […]
Nagging Back Pain? Sit Less to Hold Off Worse Pain
Are you overweight and suffer from ongoing back pain? Do you have a desk job or otherwise sit for most of the day? […]
Excess Sitting Is Independent Risk Factor for Shortened Life
Even if you do vigorous exercise, excessive sitting raises mortality risk significantly, says a study on older women. […]
How Often Should You Leave Your Chair During Computer Work?
The “sitting disease” is real; you should make every effort to avoid this harbinger of ill health when at your computer. […]
Can Sitting Too Much Negatively Affect Your Mental Health?
If you sit a lot every day, this not only can have very bad effects on your physical health, but also mental health. But there’s something you can do. […]
Do Intense Gym Workouts Undo the Effects of Sitting Excessively?
If you get in a hardcore workout every day but then sit for many hours at work or home, you’re still prone to the harm of excessive sitting -- "the sitting disease." Exercise, even if [...]
How to Avoid the Sitting Disease with a Treadmill Desk
There’s clever ways to use your treadmill desk to fight off the “sitting disease,” which if left free to harm, can have serious consequences to your health. […]
Middle Age Women Who Sit a Lot at Risk for Future Frailty
If you’re a middle age woman who sits many hours a day, you’re at risk for becoming frail and weak later on, yet this is just SO preventable. […]
How Bad Is the Sitting Disease for the Brain?
Since the sitting disease is so bad for the heart and blood vessels, it’s no surprise that it’s also bad for the brain. There is just no escaping the harmful effects of sitting on your [...]
Sitting too Much Is Linked to Problems Peeing
The “sitting disease” is back in the news: Excessive sitting is linked to issues with voiding: lower urinary tract symptoms. Problems with peeing in the case of extended sitting time refer to issues with urinating [...]
Can Gym Workouts Offset Blood Clot Risk from Watching TV ?
Bad news for workout enthusiasts who watch a lot of TV: Your gym exercise may not cancel out the blood clot risk of sitting a lot in front of the TV. Now if you walk [...]
Sitting Disease Causes Fat Buildup Around the Organs
Excessive sitting is strongly associated with how much fat surrounds your organs. This is the most dangerous kind of fat, called visceral fat, and is waiting for anybody who spends a lot of time sitting. [...]
Excess Sitting vs. Untreated Sleep Apnea: Which Is Worse?
Excess sitting is dangerous in so many ways, but so is untreated sleep apnea. Which is worse for the body? Both can lead to heart disease and other ailments. Excessive sitting, which has been defined [...]
Can Excessive Sitting on the Job Thicken Your Waist ?
If you want to trim down that thick waist, you’ll need to spend less time sitting on the job. Not only are desk jobs linked to bigger stomachs, but they’re linked to a bigger risk [...]
How to Get 15,000 Steps a Day if You Have a Desk Job
You can get in 15,000 steps a day even if your boss won’t allow a treadmill desk. There are ingenious ways you can make the step count rack up by the end of the evening. [...]
Treadmill Desk vs. 10,000 Steps to Avoid the Sitting Disease
It’s time to see how a treadmill desk stacks up to the traditional 10,000 steps a day pedometer plan to offset prolonged sitting. […]
How Many Steps Daily on a Treadmill Desk Negate the Sitting Disease?
Are the number of steps on the treadmill desk more important than the amount of time spent on it to offset the “sitting disease”? […]
Why You Shouldn’t Use a Treadmill Desk for Weight Loss
You don’t need to lose weight in order for a treadmill desk to protect you from the “sitting disease.” And being thin is no reason to avoid using a treadmill desk either. […]
Excess Sitting Raises Calcium Score: What You Should Do
You probably already know that lots of sitting every day raises calcium score, but here are some clever yet easy solutions to avoid “the sitting disease.” […]
What Should Your Sitting Time Limit Be Per Day?
You know that lots of sitting is unhealthy, but what’s the maximum number of hours we should sit per day? The absolute number of hours per day spent sitting might just very well be three [...]
How to Reverse the Harm of 3 Hours’ Non-Stop Sitting
There’s a way to undo some of the harm of prolonged sitting for three hours. If you’re sitting at your computer for three hours, but get up three times during that session and walk for [...]
Pulmonary Embolism Tied to Excessive Sitting in Women
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs, and can be fatal within a minute, and for women who sit a lot on a daily basis, their risk is two to three times [...]
Men Who Exercise but Sit a Lot at Risk for Heart Failure
Men who have a desk job have an increased risk of heart failure even if after work they hit the gym like a warrior--not exactly the news you wanted to hear, right? If you work out [...]
Why Feet Hurt After Sitting: Circulation Problem, Solution
There is a cause of hurting feet after sitting that may surprise you. Are your feet in pain or sore after you've been sitting for a while, such as while using a computer, at the [...]
