3/10/2024 0 Comments Still standing zipAnd then we have studies that suggest the complete opposite: that standing might actually be worse for you! So what’s going on? They suggested that we might be seeing correlation rather than causation - that prolonged sitting may be an indicator of other poor heath factors and not a cause itself of poor health. But then studies started coming along to complicate these findings. Much of the standing at work buzz began with these studies that followed thousands of adults over several years and found greater-risk mortality for those who sat for at least 12 hours a day. So we sat down (sat down!) with Michael Fredericson, MD, FACSM, Director of PM&R Sports Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center, to answer the essential office fitness question: whether ’tis nobler to stand or sit at work. But according to a recent New York Times article, we may all be putting too much stock in standing up. And the reason seems, well, reasonable: with so many studies highlighting the maladies of prolonged sitting, standing appears your best ally. Here at the Men’s Health offices, you see quite a few standing desks.
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