Spending too much time in a chair can unravel your fitness goals and make you feel older. Here’s how to counteract it.

The name might make you snicker, but addressing “gluteal amnesia” can help you avoid chronic pain.

Is your desk job killing you? Physical inactivity is responsible for one in six deaths – but strength training twice a week could be the key to a healthier future

Sitting down is ingrained in most peoples' days. But staying sedentary for too long can increase the risk of serious health conditions like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Just a little light physical activity during work can improve health. Here’s how to incorporate “exercise snacks” and improve your health, even if you’re desk-bound.

Sitting too much is bad for health. But there are ways to make time spent seated a little healthier. For example, people can keep their brains active by reading, writing, doing a hobby (such as knitting), or playing an instrument. And people can exercise while in a seated position. It's possible to do an aerobic workout that gets the heart and lungs pumping, such as a seated dance routine or calisthenics, as well as muscle-strengthening activities or stretching exercises.

I eat my greens and I look after my gums. There’s not much I won’t do for the sake of my health. But this? Get lost, writes Emma Beddington

Prolonged sitting is linked with earlier death risk from all causes and for major cardiovascular disease, according to a large study.

Health professionals have long warned that long periods of sitting can put you at risk for chronic diseases and early death. But how long can you sit without the impacts? A new study shows how much movement and how much sitting you should aim for.

Exercise like an astronaut and you might avoid the unhealthy effects of sitting too much, according to recent studies about the benefits of space workouts.

The research, which involved astronauts on the International Space Station and bed-bound volunteers in Houston, suggest that the right mix of scientifically tested exercises can stave off undesirable physical consequences from being weightless on the space station — or inactive for long hours on Earth.

Working out for 30 minutes every day “might not be enough” to counter the health issues created by prolonged sitting, said the study author.

USC researchers explored link between sedentary behavior and dementia risk, find that type of activity matters when it comes to brain aging.

Failure to look after your hip flexors can lead to injury, walking problems, posture issues and back pain.

Any movement, no matter how slight, counts as physical activity and can be good for your health.

Sitting for hours at a desk can play havoc with our metabolic health, contributing over time to high blood sugar and high cholesterol, even in people who otherwise seem mostly healthy. But a practical though small new study shows that standing up and moving every 30 minutes for about three minutes may lessen the health impacts of over-sitting.

The study found that climbing several flights of stairs, bopping through some jumping jacks or squats or even taking as few as 15 steps during these mini-breaks improved aspects of blood sugar control among office workers, without noticeably interrupting their workflow.

Climbing stairs, doing jumping jacks or even taking as few as 15 steps during mini-breaks improved blood sugar control among office workers.

Researchers found the amount of time spent sitting can greatly affect your risk of stroke.

Modern lifestyles are increasingly sedentary and inactive, and the public health effects of this are only just starting to show up, says author and Guardian reporter Peter Walker

Yes, standing desks are still worth the hype, according to a spinal and neurosurgeon, who says neck and back complaints are rife among workers.