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Short activity bouts ‘can help type 1 diabetes patients with blood sugar levels’
28 April 2023Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/daily-mail.jpg?v=1682945975)
Spending 30 minutes less time sitting down a day may cut the risks of dying from cancer
18th Jun 2020Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/time.png?v=1682945975)
Sitting Is Bad for Your Health, But Not All Types of Sitting Were Created Equal
26th Jun 2019Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/daily-mail.jpg?v=1682945975)
Alarming new research claims 70,000 deaths a year are caused by our increasingly sedentary lives
25th Mar 2019Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/guardian.png?v=1682944390)
Sedentary lifestyles are killing us - we need to build activity into our everyday lives
19th Jan 2019Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/bsc.jpg?v=1682945976)
2 million Office Workers get active for 'On your feet Britain' day on 27 April
24th Apr 2018Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/sciencemediacenter.jpg?v=1682945976)
British Journal Of Cancer Study Examines the Association Between Sedentary Behaviour and Increased Bowel Cancer Risk in Men.
9th Mar 2018Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/who.jpg?v=1682945976)
World Health Organization to Draft Global Action Plan to Promote Physical Activity
1st Feb 2018Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/express.jpg?v=1682945976)
Sitting comfortably? Here's why too much sitting can be 'just as bad as smoking'
6th Nov 2017Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/huffington.jpg?v=1682945975)
What sitting down all day does to your body: How it affects the spine, organs and circulation.
2nd Jun 2017Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/evening.jpg?v=1682945975)
Standing up straight and improving posture could treat depression, study suggests
2nd Feb 2017Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/biomedcentral.jpg?v=1682945976)
Public Response to Active Working Health Guidance on Workplace Sedentary Behaviour
2nd Feb 2017Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/express.jpg?v=1682945976)
Breaking up long periods of sitting 'could help beat effects of Type 2 diabetes'
30th Nov 2016Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/daily-record.jpg?v=1682945976)
Scottish health board wants staff to hold meetings standing up and "Beware of the Chair"
10th Oct 2016Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/telegraph.jpg?v=1682944389)
Sit-stand desks improves health and productivity Sydney University study reveals
18th Mar 2016Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/diabetes.png?v=1682945976)
Each hour of being sedentary increases risk of type 2 diabetes, researchers report
4th Feb 2016Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/podcast.jpg?v=1682945975)
The scientific reason you should get a standing desk
2 September 2015![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/guardian.png?v=1682944390)
"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 more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/daily-mail.jpg?v=1682945975)
Sitting more than six hours a day increases risk of breast, ovary or bone marrow tumors
15 July 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/cbc.jpg?v=1682945976)
As It Happens / Sitting Bad - Interview with Gavin Bradley (Founding Director - Active Working)
3 June 2015![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/mirror.jpg?v=1682945976)
Office workers 'should stand up for two hours per shift to combat serious health risks'
1 June 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/itv.jpg?v=1682945975)
Rise in the number of young people with back and neck pain due to sedentary lifestyle
13 April 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/evening.jpg?v=1682945975)
'Nearly half of male office workers only get off their seats for 30 minutes each day'
27 March 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/5live.jpg?v=1682945975)
Interview with Gavin Bradley, Director of Active Working C.I.C
27 March 2015![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/independent1.jpg?v=1682945975)
Chair-bound workers 'should move around every hour to reduce physical and mental health risks'
27 March 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/ibt.png?v=1682945975)
Get Britain Standing: Office workers to get off backsides to improve health in new campaign
27 March 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/daily-mail.jpg?v=1682945975)
Nearly 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 more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/daily-mail.jpg?v=1682945975)
Sitting's Bad for the Heart. Each hour sat down increases levels of deposits in the arteries by 14%
6 March 2015Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/5live.jpg?v=1682945975)
Five Live Science - Interview with Dr. Michael Mosley on the Sitting Problem
17 January 2015![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/express.jpg?v=1682945976)
Take breaks, stay clean and keep blinking: 8 ways to stay healthy at your desk
30 September 2014Read more![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/5live.jpg?v=1682945975)
Breakfast Interview with Dr. Mike Loosemore
20th June 2014![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/radio2.jpg?v=1682945975)
Jeremy Vine Interview with Dr. Mike Loosemore
20th June 2014![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/bbctees.jpg?v=1682945976)
Interview featuring Hannah Rogers [Grove House Primary School] & Gavin Bradley
12th May 2014![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/radio_worcester.gif?v=1682945976)
Interview with Gavin Bradley of Get Britain Standing
7th May 2014![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/bbcradio4.jpg?v=1682945976)
You and Yours - featuring Dr Michael Mosley & Gavin Bradley
6th May 2014![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/bbcradio4.jpg?v=1682945976)
Are you Sitting Comfortably?
15th April 2014![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0060/0801/2900/files/bbctees.jpg?v=1682945976)
Interview with Gavin Bradley of Get Britain Standing
15th April 2014