India, Feb. 21 -- If you are in a desk-bound job, chances are you are seated for hours and, with so much work piled up, jumping from meetings to finishing decks, there is rarely any time to step away from your desk.ALSO READ: Long hours of desk sitting are fueling serious and chronic diseases in employees in their 30s and 40s: ReportBut this overtime sitting may wreak havoc on your body, affecting major physiological systems, from the musculoskeletal and hormonal to the metabolic. When movement is minimal the entire day, you become sedentary, inviting several lifestyle diseases, from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, to cardiovascular ailments.

However, sitting at a desk is often inevitable in modern work routines, so the question is not ...