Tag: "sitting is the new smoking"

September 6, 2014

The Unexpected Way Your Education Affects Your Fitness Level

by SELF

- September 6, 2014

Do you have a college degree? If so, you might be more sedentary during the week than if you were less educated. That’s what a new study presented last month at the annual meeting of the American...

July 24, 2014

Get Up! From Homo Sapiens to Homo Sedentarius

by MyFitnessPal

- July 24, 2014

It is irrefutable that our ancestors 500 years ago were not seduced by a drive-thru, internet dating, electronic mail, or electric dishwashers. Five hundred years ago, people washed their dishes by...

July 18, 2014

Get Up! Chair Addiction—A Vice Difficult to Escape From?

by MyFitnessPal

- July 18, 2014

Over the last decade, evidence asserts that Chair-a-holics are at greater risk of 34 diseases and chronic conditions. The chair sentence has been linked to not only metabolic disorders such as...