Standing Desks Overrated, New Evidence Shows

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Standing Desks Overrated, New Evidence Shows


Contrary to the enthusiastic reports in the media, standing at a desk burns only about 12% more energy than sitting, new research shows.
“Short walks are going to give you the biggest bang for the buck,” Bethany Barone Gibbs, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh, said here at the American College of Sports Medicine 2016 Annual Meeting.
Epidemiologic studies on risks related to sitting have captured a lot of attention in recent years. In particular, reports that sitting can increase mortality, even in people who exercise regularly, have raised concerns.
And they have fueled the popularity of desks that allow users to either sit or stand, said Dr Gibbs.
Just how much more energy it takes to stand instead of sitting matters because the average American is burning about 100 less kilocalories per day at work now than 40 years ago, she explained, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
According to a recent estimate, 90% of Americans could stop gaining weight if they increased their energy expenditure by those same 100 kcal per day, she pointed out (J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109:1848-1853).
Standing desks might be a simple way to burn those calories. In a report published last year in the Wall Street Journal, standing for 4 hours was said to burn 240 kcal more than sitting.

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