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Recent research from a West Virginia University epidemiologist is headlined as “New Research Reveals That Standing Desks Could Actually Be Harming Your Health.”

• esperent 2y ago
  You can find a bullshit study "proving" pretty much anything. Makes great headlines but not so great science. All this study proved is that you need to actually move, switching between standing and sitting is useful because it breaks the habit about staying in one static position for a long time. The bit about standing being harmful is especially contrived and basically says if you entirely switch from sitting to standing, but don't move from the standing position for many hours, and repeat this every day, that's harmful. Well no shit. You gotta alternate your position, and you have to balance sitting and standing with actual exercise too.
  • Wistar 2y ago
    Which is why I wrote, "… is headlined as…" although I thought it still worth posting.