Sedentary lifestyles: Middle-aged workers now more at risk than pensioners

Most middle-aged office workers now spend as much time sitting down as older pensioners, says a new study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, ...UK/US The study found that 45 to 54-year-old men spend on average 7.8 hours per weekday sitting down, compared with 7.4 hours for the over-75s.