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You’ve heard it before and we’ve said it before: Sitting is the new smoking. Long stretches spent sitting in a chair can cause dire consequences for your physical health and mental well-being. The evidence has been building for years. For example, even just an hour’s worth of sitting means your…

Whether you’re a golfer, gardener, or gamer, you’ve likely come to realize that staying flexible, maintaining balance and strength, and lessening the likelihood of back pain are all essential if you want to pursue your passion. The problem is, as you get older, all of these goals become harder to…

It’s no secret that a sedentary lifestyle and excessive sitting can be harmful to both your physical and cognitive health. In fact, whether you continue to sit in an office, spend hours in front of the tv, or just like to relax all day on your front porch, sitting for…

For a long time now, including from agebuzz, the warnings have been consistent, i.e., that “sitting is the new smoking” and the more sedentary your lifestyle, the more harm to your health.  So when reports recently surfaced that sitting, in fact, may not be so bad for you, we had…

(This piece first appeared on, and is reprinted with the permission of, the fabulous website Lustre)   Knee-deep into my “post-retirement life,” I frequently find myself busier than I’ve ever been. So many hours are spent at the theater, sharing meals with family and friends, traveling across the country to…

Take a seat- or maybe not, according to several new research studies. While it’s no secret that exercise is crucial for healthy aging, what you may not realize is that too much sitting can also have serious health consequences. Longtime agebuzz readers may recall last spring’s post “Stand Up: Too…