A growing body of research shows that sitting at a desk for extended periods can be unhealthy. The idea of encouraging office workers to get up and move has sprouted a self-styled industry of ...

If your job puts you in front of some kind of screen all day, no doubt, you spend a lot of time sitting. From email to instant messaging, the technology designed to make our lives easier and more ...

The Lichico Under Desk Treadmill is now just $99.99 on Amazon — a 44% discount on this compact, quiet walking treadmill. Stay ...

You’d better stand up – I have some bad news. Sitting is killing people. Even among those who exercise regularly, science is showing that prolonged periods of sitting can contribute to incidences of ...

Research showing the adverse effects of sedentary office work has given standing desks and treadmill desks new attention. If you happen to be interested in using a treadmill desk, your greatest ...

Desks that have built-in treadmills may help people walk more at the office, but workers who use the equipment still don't get enough exercise to meet recommendations, a new study finds. And in fact, ...

You've seen the treadmill desk. Coming soon: the treadmill meeting. Five years after treadmills began showing up in workstations, they're about to expand into conference rooms as companies seek more ...

Since sitting all day is slowly killing us, office workers are now turning to standing desks. But why just stand when you can walk, ask proponents of the even more ridiculous treadmill desks? Walking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. The medical community says that sitting is the new smoking.

The evidence that sitting for too long is terrible for us is clear — so clear, in fact, the World Health Organization recently changed their guidance on exercise to explicitly account for that fact.

Active workstations do more than just burn on-the-clock calories, finds a new study in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Standing desks and treadmill desks might make you healthier while ...

If your job puts you in front of some kind of screen all day, no doubt, you spend a lot of time sitting. From email to instant messaging, the technology designed to make our lives easier and more ...