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Overweight People May Benefit From Active Breaks During Prolonged Sitting
by Catharine Paddock PhD , Medical News Today


Interrupting prolonged periods of sitting with regular, two-minute breaks of light or moderate intensity activity like walking may be good for overweight and obese people's health.
Forget Disco dancing - try deskercise instead
by Dr Sarah Brewer, yourwellness Editor


When you’re desk-bound for eight hours a day it’s not easy to fit in exercise, but help is at hand. Here’s a whole work-out regime that you can do at your desk. 
Working out the workforce
by Stephen Evans, BBC News


It's not quite what you expect on a relentless production line in a BMW plant in Bavaria: as the shells of cars trundle by, a sixty-year old man in his company overalls bends and stretches under the instruction of a young physiotherapist in a white coat.
Workers 'need to exercise more'
by Contributor, Press Association


Workers are being urged to take more physical activity after a new study found more than two out of five people get out of breath walking up stairs or running for a bus.
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