A new study has found that just 15 minutes of exercise can undo the physical damage of working at a desk all day. The large study provided fresh evidence of the negative health effects of a sedentary ...

While a desk job might seem relatively harmless, mounting evidence suggests that prolonged periods of sedentary work can significantly impact how quickly our bodies age. From physical deterioration to ...

TAMPA, Fla. — If you find yourself struggling to fall asleep at night, your office chair might be partly to blame. A new decade-long study reveals that the increasingly sedentary nature of modern work ...

Long hours of sitting can slow digestion and damage gut health. A gastro expert explains how desk jobs affect your body and ...

The health problems tied to office work have been widely circulated, with studies citing weight gain, carpal tunnel and cardiovascular issues as reasons to not sit for eight hours every day. In ...

I sit in front of my laptop with my legs crossed as I type this because I, like many others, sit for most of the day for my job. According to studies, more than 80% of jobs in the US are mostly ...

(CNN) — A restless night may leave you feeling tired at work, but what if your job is the very thing disrupting your sleep? People with highly sedentary jobs — accounting for 80% of the current US ...

A new study found people who had sedentary jobs with little physical activity were more at risk of dying at a younger age. Researchers from Taiwan followed close to a half a million people for 12 ...

Findings from a recent study found that sedentary jobs—where you sit most of the day—were tied to a 37% rise in insomnia-like symptoms over 10 years. Nontraditional work schedules (like evening or ...