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Sitting for a very long time is bad for you. It causes increased chance of death, causes your back to hurt, makes you fatter, and lets your energy level go down
by gte910h 15y ago
Sitting for a very long time is bad for you. It causes increased chance of death, causes your back to hurt, makes you fatter, and lets your energy level go down after hours of doing it.
It's not so much the "coding" part as the "sitting at a desk for 10+ hours a day" part that makes standing desks so attractive to programmers.
http://pressroom.cancer.org/index.php?s=43&item=257 http://pressroom.cancer.org/index.php?s=43&item=257
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175656.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/175656.php
- Jem 15y agoI know that sitting is bad for you, I just couldn't imagine people standing all day instead. TBH after running around at home after my toddler I enjoy going to work to sit on my butt, heh :)
- jseliger 15y agoI suspect most standers 1) ease into it and 2) get adjustable desks precisely to avoid standing literally all day.
- damoncali 15y agoDo people really sit for 10 hours? I can't stop myself from getting up to walk around every half hour or so.
- gte910h 15y agoYou can sit for 10+ hours and still walk around a bit. It's a longer day, mind you, but it works. I'm constantly pacing on the phone for instance.