While I like the idea behind walking desks, this article does not do a great job explaining exactly "why every office should switch to walking desks". He spend

While I like the idea behind walking desks, this article does not do a great job explaining exactly "why every office should switch to walking desks". He spends a lot of time discussing calories burned and weight loss, but that's really not the primary motivator for getting a walking desk. If your goal is simply weight loss, you're probably better off going to the gym and doing higher intensity exercise several times a week. The point of a walking desk is that sitting in an office chair for extended periods of time negatively affects your health even if you exercise regularly, i.e. one hour in the gym isn't sufficient to offset the eight hours you spend sedentary. So by walking (albeit at a slow pace), you're reducing the time spent being sedentary.