You may finish an eight-hour workday without feeling tired, but your heart may still be paying the price. Sitting at a desk, driving home, eating dinner and then relaxing on the sofa can turn most of your waking hours into sedentary time. The World Health Organization links higher amounts of sedentary behaviour with increased risks of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular mortality and other health problems. The problem is not that your office chair is secretly dangerous. It is the long, uninterrupted pattern of sitting and too little movement that deserves attention.
