Dr. Frederick Ho told Newsweek the key message is to avoid long periods of sitting and move regularly.

Each additional hour of prolonged, uninterrupted sedentary behavior in a person's day is associated with a 9% higher risk of ...

Breaking up periods of sedentary behavior with light physical activity — such as walking or household chores — can reduce the risk ...

While some think of a job where they're required to sit all day as a break, it can be detrimental to our health. So, when ...

A new study found that prolonged sitting and other sedentary behaviors may raise the risk of various cancers, including ...

From 9 to 5 workdays spent in front of the computer to binging on a new TV series, most of us spend a lot of time sitting, often in a single day. Young adults in the U.S. reportedly sit about nine to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of us know that sitting for too long is not healthy, but new research sheds light on the dangers of prolonged, uninterrupted ...

In modern life, many of us spend the majority of our waking hours sitting. A recent review of the research has reiterated the harmful health impacts of prolonged, unbroken periods of sitting. Many ...

Advances in technology in recent decades have obviated the need and desire for humans to move. Many of the world’s population sit for long periods throughout the day, whether in front of a computer at ...

Most jobs today require sitting in front of the computer for eleventy-million hours, and a new study published in the Public Library of Science found that all of that sitting can change your brain — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do I need to worry about sitting for too long? (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) (Photo illustration: Yahoo ...