9 standing at your desk may be no better than sitting and that s because it s the being still that has the negative impact on your health.
Standing desks may be harmful to your health.
Your body may not be ready to stand at your desk for the same amount of time you ve spent sitting.
Is my sit stand desk harmful.
According to a new study published online in the international journal of epidemiology on oct.
Research has shown that sitting at a desk for too long can lead to long term health problems.
Eventually you want to get to where you re splitting your time standing and sitting roughly equally.
Which is why over the past few years standing desks which can easily cost hundreds of dollars.
The impact of movement even leisurely movement can be profound.
Walk with your colleagues for meetings rather than sitting in a conference room.
Indeed prolonged standing has been linked to a long list of health problems over the years.
Advocates of standing desks point to studies showing that after a meal blood sugar levels return to normal faster on days a person spends more time standing.
A new study suggests standing for too long at a desk may have negative health and productivity effects.
For those who may wonder whether their standing or variable desk is a health risk the short answer is no the focus of our study was prolonged standing at work.
Here s what i wrote back in 2011 when concern about too much sitting was first emerging.
New research suggests that using standing desks for a prolonged period of time will create discomfort and deteriorating mental reactiveness standing desks may be harmful to your health.
Maybe it s time to replace your standing desk with a treadmill desk.
Sitting too much is seriously bad for your health.
Additionally sitting all the time.
People who sit a lot every day have an increased risk of diabetes heart disease and early death 1 2.