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Short activity bouts ‘can help type 1 diabetes patients with blood sugar levels’
28 April 2023Read moreSpending 30 minutes less time sitting down a day may cut the risks of dying from cancer
18th Jun 2020Read moreSitting Is Bad for Your Health, But Not All Types of Sitting Were Created Equal
26th Jun 2019Read moreAlarming new research claims 70,000 deaths a year are caused by our increasingly sedentary lives
25th Mar 2019Read moreSedentary lifestyles are killing us - we need to build activity into our everyday lives
19th Jan 2019Read more2 million Office Workers get active for 'On your feet Britain' day on 27 April
24th Apr 2018Read moreBritish Journal Of Cancer Study Examines the Association Between Sedentary Behaviour and Increased Bowel Cancer Risk in Men.
9th Mar 2018Read moreWorld Health Organization to Draft Global Action Plan to Promote Physical Activity
1st Feb 2018Read moreSitting comfortably? Here's why too much sitting can be 'just as bad as smoking'
6th Nov 2017Read moreWhat sitting down all day does to your body: How it affects the spine, organs and circulation.
2nd Jun 2017Read moreStanding up straight and improving posture could treat depression, study suggests
2nd Feb 2017Read morePublic Response to Active Working Health Guidance on Workplace Sedentary Behaviour
2nd Feb 2017Read moreBreaking up long periods of sitting 'could help beat effects of Type 2 diabetes'
30th Nov 2016Read moreScottish health board wants staff to hold meetings standing up and "Beware of the Chair"
10th Oct 2016Read moreSit-stand desks improves health and productivity Sydney University study reveals
18th Mar 2016Read moreEach hour of being sedentary increases risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers report
4th Feb 2016Read moreThe scientific reason you should get a standing desk
2 September 2015"Once you realise what excessive sitting does to you, offering me a chair is basically like asking me to have a cigarette"
18 July 2015Read moreSitting more than six hours a day increases risk of breast, ovary or bone marrow tumors
15 July 2015Read moreAs It Happens / Sitting Bad - Interview with Gavin Bradley (Founding Director - Active Working)
3 June 2015Office workers 'should stand up for two hours per shift to combat serious health risks'
1 June 2015Read moreRise in the number of young people with back and neck pain due to sedentary lifestyle
13 April 2015Read more'Nearly half of male office workers only get off their seats for 30 minutes each day'
27 March 2015Read moreInterview with Gavin Bradley, Director of Active Working C.I.C
27 March 2015Chair-bound workers 'should move around every hour to reduce physical and mental health risks'
27 March 2015Read moreGet Britain Standing: Office workers to get off backsides to improve health in new campaign
27 March 2015Read moreNearly half of office workers get less than 30 minutes of activity a day and a third are so busy they delay going to the loo
27 March 2015Read moreSitting's Bad for the Heart. Each hour sat down increases levels of deposits in the arteries by 14%
6 March 2015Read moreFive Live Science - Interview with Dr. Michael Mosley on the Sitting Problem
17 January 2015Take breaks, stay clean and keep blinking: 8 ways to stay healthy at your desk
30 September 2014Read moreBreakfast Interview with Dr. Mike Loosemore
20th June 2014Jeremy Vine Interview with Dr. Mike Loosemore
20th June 2014Interview featuring Hannah Rogers [Grove House Primary School] & Gavin Bradley
12th May 2014Interview with Gavin Bradley of Get Britain Standing
7th May 2014You and Yours - featuring Dr Michael Mosley & Gavin Bradley
6th May 2014Are you Sitting Comfortably?
15th April 2014Interview with Gavin Bradley of Get Britain Standing
15th April 2014Trust Me I’m a Doctor: The big standing up experiment.
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