The High Price of Sitting Down

Sitting on our bottoms—whether at work, at school, at home, in a car, in a chair, on a sofa, or in front of the television—has recently been linked to all kinds of health problems. TORWAISTUDIO/Shutterstock

Health care: It’s on everyone’s mind these days, and for good reason. Combine the soaring cost of health insurance premiums, increasing copays, and skyrocketing deductibles with the outrageous cost of some medications, and it’s enough to give you a heart attack.

But lest you think there’s nothing you can do to keep your family’s health care costs under control, I have good news. You can. You have the power.