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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @06:11PM (2 children)
If I feel the need to not sit, I'll go out for a walk.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @11:26PM
is there a study about having sex during the work day when telecommuting? there are some calls I dont take because I am busy, but I might be standing at the desk at the time.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 28 2018, @11:32PM
If you go for multiple walks a day to break up the sitting then that works fine. I was just sharing that a mix of standing/sitting desks has worked well for me.