It's been nearly impossible to ignore the recent backlash in sitting and every media outlet has chosen to join in. In our research, we traced an article back to 2006 with the title, "Sitting Straight 'Bad for Backs,'" but the momentum has been building lately around an article out of the Mayo Clinic. Many tend to heed to credible sources, such as the Mayo Clinic, so when they proclaimed sitting as "the new smoking," everyone seemed to listen.