Are you finding it hard to clock the required steps or stay active throughout the day owing to a sedentary job? Worry not. According to experts, if you can manage 10 squats with proper form every 45 minutes, you will start to break the sitting posture. Some even suggest it can be more effective for … Read more
The road to weight loss bifurcates in so many branches that before you realise it, you are running around in circles. It’s easy to lose track of your path with so many new fitness and diet trends popping up on social media feeds. But one thing that slips our mind in all the noise is … Read more
For patients hospitalised with chest pain, the amount of time they spend sedentary afterward is linked to a greater risk for more heart problems and death within a year. That’s the key finding of a my colleagues and I published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. We asked 609 emergency room patients experiencing chest … Read more
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Walking is one of the baseline activities to keep you away from a sedentary lifestyle. Hitting the daily step count is one of the prerequisites for staying active. But it should not be the only exercise, in fact, Rujuta Diwekar, the celebrity nutritionist who worked with Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor for many years, dispelled the … Read more
Research Highlights: A sedentary lifestyle such as watching TV (two or more hours daily) may be a key factor in the risk of developing heart and blood vessel diseases, according to an analysis of health records from a large U.K. biomedical database. People with higher genetic risk for Type 2 diabetes may be … Read more
Couch Potato Alert: Simple Survey Reveals Shocking Link Between Inactivity and Chronic Disease Table of Contents Couch Potato Alert: Simple Survey Reveals Shocking Link Between Inactivity and Chronic Disease Couch Potato Alert: Simple Survey Reveals Shocking Link Between Exercise and Health Study finds Link Between Physical Activity and Lower Chronic Disease Risk … Read more