Are Standing Desks a Waste of Time?

Why the health benefits of standing up at work might be a bit oversold

Gideon M-K; Health Nerd

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Pictured: Oversold? Photo by TheStandingDesk on Unsplash

The idea behind standing desks in the workplace as a health intervention is fairly simple — we know that a sedentary lifestyle, with lots of sitting, is bad for us. That’s been demonstrated over and over again in dozens if not hundreds of studies at this point. It is undoubtedly true…

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