Not active or tending to be active.
Not functioning or operating; out of use.
Not being in continuous use or operation.
Retired from duty or service.
Sluggish; indolent.
Being out of use.
Not taking part in physical activity or exercise.
Not wanting to do anything.
Having no power to move.
Not disposed to action or effort; not busy.
Idleness; habitual indisposition to action or exertion; lack of energy.
Here's a good article about how Canon teamed up with health experts back in 2008 to launch a 'Healthy Office Working' guide to keep employees fit and healthy in the office work place.
Here is a blogged article about introducing working out into the office place from Officebroker.com in February 2011.
Here is an article from the New York Times blog from February about sitting being your enemy in life. It has some useful and interesting facts about sitting down and the choice you have to use your legs and body.
A growing body of evidence suggests that sedentary office workers and other inactive people are at a relatively high risk of dying early. Sedentary people have elevated levels of biomarkers linked to cardiovascular disease, including insulin, glucose, and triglycerides. And research in animals has shown that levels of an enzyme responsible for breaking down fat plummets when the animals are forced to be inactive.
Intensive exercise doesn't affect the fat-metabolizing enzyme, so even daily workouts won't necessarily protect people who spend eight hours a day sitting at a desk.
-Gwen
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