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This study shows that cocoa flavanols can preserve endothelial function during sitting, suggesting dietary strategies to ...

Research shows that no amount of running can undo the negative effects of sitting for hours — but these expert-approved ...

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Sitting Position Personality Test: In our previous personality tests, we explored the personality traits based on nose shape, sleeping position, favorite coffee, walking style, and more. Today we are ...

The average American adult spends more than half of their day sitting. Whether it’s working at a desk, commuting, or watching TV, most people lead highly sedentary lifestyles. Studies show that ...

Flavanol-rich foods like cocoa and tea may offer an easy way to guard your heart during long stretches of sitting.

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After years of “sitting is the new smoking” headlines, it turns out the story is a bit more complicated, with some bouts of inactivity riskier than others, a new study has found. It may have office ...

Excessive sitting and lying down are detrimental to health, being sedentary behaviors linked to low energy expenditure. They impair metabolic processes, potentially increasing blood sugar and ...

Sitting Disease. It sounds like some mysterious condition you’d bring back from an exotic vacation, but it’s actually a modern homegrown ailment caused by going from the breakfast table to the ...