Sitting down at work ‘could be as bad as smoking’

Sitting is just as bad for your health as smoking, researchers claim.

It is now believed that sitting for a long time is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and even early death and could be just as big a threat to public health, if not more so, than smoking.

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have joined a European consortium that has received a €4.5m European Commission grant to find innovative ways of tackling sedentary behaviour.