# Why sitting is bad for you

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Murat Dalkilinç
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/murat_dalkilinc_why_sitting_is_bad_for_you)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? Murat Dalkilinç investigates the hidden risks of sitting down. \[Directed by Oxbow Creative, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Why sitting is bad for you](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/murat_dalkilinc_why_sitting_is_bad_for_you/34203c731b88), 5 min (TED's player)