To follow up on last week’s post about how prolonged sitting can affect mental health, we’ve come up with a few ways to stay mentally active. You don’t have to do a Sudoku or crossword puzzle every morning to keep your brain up and running (unless you want to, then go for it!). …Read More

You’re well aware that sitting is bad for your physical health, but a recent study has shown that sitting has a negative effect on mental health. Researchers in Australia studied 8,950 women ages 50 to 55 to determine if prolonged sitting and lack of exercise had an effect …Read More

The majority of people on January 1, 2014 were seen uttering these words: “I’m going to lose weight in 2014” or, “I want to lose x pounds this year.” The New Year’s Resolution to lose weight was extremely common, so common that it was the number one resolution made. …Read More

We’ve all experienced it at one time or another, or maybe even on a daily basis: stress at work. Stress plagues more workers throughout the country every day, with 40 percent of adults lying awake at night because of office stress. …Read More

A health study led by a Cornell nutritional scientist showed that women who spent the majority of their day in a sedentary position died earlier than women who remained active. The study included 93,000 postmenopausal American women and sedentary time was defined as sitting and resting. …Read More