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There's a better way to use a standing desk
[...] some research suggests that even regular exercise—as much as 60 minutes per day—is not enough to offset the effects of sedentary workdays.
A standing desk, seems like a great way to combat this problem, since it's unlikely that computer use will decrease anytime soon. But turns out that when you do the opposite of sitting—standing for incredibly long periods of the day—well, that's bad for you, too. A highly-cited study out last year in the Journal of Epidemiology on 7,000 office workers found that, "Occupations involving predominantly standing were associated with an approximately 2-fold risk of heart disease compared with occupations involving predominantly sitting."
Alan Taylor, a physiology expert at Nottingham University, told the Chicago Tribune that the expansion and popularity of standing desks has been largely driven not by scientific evidence, but rather by popularity and profit.
Welcome to medical science.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @07:14AM (1 child)
Breaking news: being stationary is not good for species that's been evolving to move for a million years
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday February 28 2018, @08:28AM
My sentiments exactly. I can feel bad things happening in my lower leg and feet when I am standing in line too much... not moving.
However, I have no problems at all if I am walking.
I have almost six feet of hydrostatic blood pressure on the veins in my feet. My understanding is that the calf muscle works like a "second heart" and pumps the blood back up. If I am standing and not walking, that pump is offline, and the stresses on the blood vessels down there just accumulate.
I do not think I was designed to stand around and not move.
Actually, I get quite restless if "society" demands I do such... and avoid it if at all possible. ( Yes, my prime annoyance at Disneyland... The Line King! )
I seriously believe standing, without walking, is BAD for you. Very bad. But walking is good for you. Very good.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]