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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 Thursday March 01 2018, @09:54AM (1 child)
And what's so wrong with taking breaks?
You're doing it wrong if your country requires many people to work many hours without slacking, who are barely making it and no significant reserves - savings, healthcare, unemployment insurance.
That's not much progress over wild animals living without reserves and backup plans - at least they don't have to work as many hours to live. Maybe our toys are cooler but still pointless if you don't have much time or energy left to play with them.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 01 2018, @10:16AM
I actually find them beneficial [soylentnews.org] and aparently so do my managers.
Some others seems to interpret them as low work ethics [soylentnews.org]. I prefer to think that's their problem and it's theirs to deal with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford