If you're reading this article sitting down - the position we all hold more than any other, for an average of 8.9 hours a day - stop and take stock of how your body feels. Is there an ache in your lower back? A light numbness in your rear and lower thigh? Are you feeling a little down?These symptoms are all normal, and they're not good. They may well be caused by doing precisely what you're doing - sitting. New research in the diverse fields of epidemiology, molecular biology, biomechanics, and physiology is converging toward a startling conclusion: Sitting is a public-health risk. Meet public enemy No. 1 in today's workplace.
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