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Climbing stairs, doing jumping jacks or even taking as few as 15 steps during mini-breaks improved blood sugar control among office workers. Sitting for hours at a desk can play [...]

Perhaps you've heard someone bemoan the ''quarantine 15'' gained during lockdown, or of struggles to ''flatten the curve'' of a body that looks different after a year inside. It was [...]

Sedentary, older adults who took aerobic dance classes twice a week showed improvements in brain areas critical for memory and thinking. Exercise can change how crucial portions of our brain [...]

Inactive people started moving more if they received daily step targets that exceeded their usual number by about 500 steps. Want to exercise more this year? Then adopt workout goals [...]

Need another reason to move? Sedentary behavior was linked to an increased risk of fatal cancer. Sitting for hours on end could heighten someone's risk of later dying from cancer, [...]

Men and women who move around throughout the day, even if they just stroll or clean the kitchen and do not formally exercise, are less likely to die prematurely than [...]

Could an infusion of bacteria from the guts of athletes help inactive people to exercise more easily? A new study of marathoners, mice and their respective intestines toys with that [...]

The workouts we completed years ago may continue to influence and improve our health today, according to a fascinating new study of the current lives and health of people who [...]

As little as 20 seconds of brisk stair climbing, done several times a day, might be enough exercise to improve fitness, according to a pragmatic new study of interval-style training.The [...]

If we spend an hour working out, that's one hour less during our day that we can potentially spend being sedentary. But we may, consciously or not, find other opportunities [...]

''Use it or lose it.'' I'm sure you're familiar with this advice. And I hope you've been following it. I certainly thought I was. I usually do two physical activities [...]

For lifelong heart health, start exercising early in life and keep exercising often -- ideally, at least four times a week, according to a remarkable series of recent studies involving [...]

Q. Does ''moving in place'' while seated (for example, flexing or extending feet) count as activity to counteract being sedentary, or does one have to actually stand up or move [...]

This is an odd admission for a psychiatrist to make, but I've never been very good at sitting still. I'm antsy in my chair and jump at any opportunity to [...]

The adornments in the office of Eric L. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, are hardly typical: a full-size refrigerator stocked with fresh fruits and vegetables; a work station where he [...]

Question: My activity tracker has 5,000 daily steps as its baseline. Is anything less considered ''sedentary''? Answer: Your simple question requires a surprisingly complicated answer, because steps, by definition, cannot [...]

Using a standing desk at the office may adversely influence how much time you spend lounging in a chair at home, according to a new study of sedentary behavior. The [...]

Children who sit too much may face adult-size health consequences, according to a new study of healthy young girls. The study found that after a single session of prolonged inactivity, [...]

After a routine test of her blood sugar eight years ago, Randi Sue Baker, a seriously overweight 64-year-old, learned that Type 2 diabetes was bearing down. With that test result, [...]