In offices around the world, workers are taking a stand. As the harmful health effects of prolonged periods of sitting become more widely known, standing desks continue popping up – literally.
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Senior Advisor – Clerk Grade 9/10 – Industrial Relations and Workplace – Ongoing
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In offices around the world, workers are taking a stand. As the harmful health effects of prolonged periods of sitting become more widely known, standing desks continue popping up – literally.
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6 years ago
I wonder if is there any scientific support on standing desks? A paper titled “Difference in Caloric Expenditure in Sitting versus Standing Desks of Christopher Reiff, Kara Marlatt and Donald R. Denguel finds out that there is a significant more calories consumption by working at standing desks than by working sitting on a desk. That wasn’t the only finding. The same study points out that people working on their feet has more oxygen consumption, and more carbon dioxide production. You can view this scientific paper here. The experiment consists in a test of 20 young persons (10 male/10 woman) of… Read more »
4 years ago
[…] a bunch of research reviews and articles that came out saying that sitting was killing us and that standing desks were the future. Then there was a wave of articles and research reviews that said that standing desks actually […]
Senior Advisor – Clerk Grade 9/10 – Industrial Relations and Workplace – Ongoing
I wonder if is there any scientific support on standing desks? A paper titled “Difference in Caloric Expenditure in Sitting versus Standing Desks of Christopher Reiff, Kara Marlatt and Donald R. Denguel finds out that there is a significant more calories consumption by working at standing desks than by working sitting on a desk. That wasn’t the only finding. The same study points out that people working on their feet has more oxygen consumption, and more carbon dioxide production. You can view this scientific paper here. The experiment consists in a test of 20 young persons (10 male/10 woman) of… Read more »
[…] a bunch of research reviews and articles that came out saying that sitting was killing us and that standing desks were the future. Then there was a wave of articles and research reviews that said that standing desks actually […]