A simple habit could help boost Australian workers’ health and reduce their risk of long-term issues like heart disease and some cancers. New research has shown that just taking a five-minute movement ...

Got five minutes? A new study suggests that may be all it takes to boost your mood, reduce fatigue, and break up long stretches of unhealthy sitting. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 11,500 ...

Researchers have identified exactly how many movement breaks you need — and can realistically stick with — to counteract the negative effects of spending too much time in a chair. Extended periods of ...

No one’s going to fall out of their chair over the fact that sitting all day isn't great for you. We've been told for years that it's “the new smoking.” What’s less obvious is what to actually do ...

Brief, regular movement breaks have been proposed as a public health strategy to offset the harms of prolonged sedentary behaviour; however, their real-world viability is unclear. This study aimed to ...

No matter how good our intentions about being physically active, it seems like there’s no end of excuses or obstacles that can get in the way of turning those intentions into action. Time — either not ...

A Columbia University Medical Center study published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine — the largest real-world test of workplace movement breaks ever conducted — has identified five ...