Maybe you spend all day sitting at a desk for work, or maybe you’re just a “couch potato.” Either way, sitting for a good part of the day presents several health hazards. You know that parking yourself for hours on end does nothing to eat up calories or help in terms of fitness, but what […]
By now, almost everyone knows about the negative physical effects of sitting all day. But as new research is coming out all the time, we are learning more about just how harmful the effects of prolonged sitting can be for your mental health too. A study released last month by UCLA’s Semel Institute and its Center […]
The human body burns calories no matter what you’re doing—whether you’re running a marathon or sleeping in bed. Our bodies use up energy to perform essential processes that are necessary for everyday living, such as respiration and blood flow, which is why we burn calories even when we don’t move at all. The number of […]
Sitting too much can make you fat—and possibly even kill you. Sedentary behavior has become one of the biggest health hazards of the modern age, with medical researchers constantly finding new and different ways in which sedentary living affects our health. Some of the more serious side effects of prolonged sitting include obesity, heart disease, […]
We all know that staying active is essential to a healthy lifestyle. But what most of us probably aren’t aware of is that no matter how active you are, those lengthy periods of sedentary time in between can still be detrimental to your health—in the long run, of course. Recent research on the effects of […]