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RTFA >The extra calories you burn from standing over sitting for a day are barely enough to cover a couple of banana chips. >"But you're going to burn more ca
by milesokeefe 11y ago
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>The extra calories you burn from standing over sitting for a day are barely enough to cover a couple of banana chips.
>"But you're going to burn more calories standing than sitting. I know it's not a tremendous amount." Still, he says, "those calories every day over many years will add up."
- cholantesh 11y agoI feel like Carr's analysis was overly optimistic. Even in the aggregate, it seems really doubtful that 20 years of burning ~12 calories a day is anywhere near as effective as integrating breaks into your workday and walking around more. It's great that folks here have managed to ease some of the chronic spinal/back pain they're experiencing. But that's really the only positive effect I feel we can link with some level of certainty to standing (within the context of office work).