The bad news is that chronic inflammation plays a role in many serious diseases. The good news is that the biggest causes of chronic inflammation are largely avoidable, preventable, or addressable: smoking, obesity, overconsumption of certain pro-inflammatory foods (a chief one being red meat), and—surprise, surprise—physical inactivity. Which brings us back to the topic of sitting. How would an innocuous few hours relaxing in a chair inflame my body?
