Centuries ago, a working day meant heading out with spears to hunt for food. Now, we've swapped the hunter-gatherer lifestyle for desk jobs with comfortable chairs. Unfortunately, this sedentary behaviour - spending long periods of time sitting down - can harm our health. Doing nothing for a lot of the day raises your chance of obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/news-and-features/why-sitting-ruins-our-health-and-how-22-minutes-of-exercise-could-help