Too much sitting increases the risk of death, but "standing work is not healthy" can not be said

BySharyn morrow

Sitting for a long time reduces people's life as much as smokingBecause it is said that you can work while standing "Standing desk"Or"Desk with running machineThere are an increasing number of people using. However, in a new survey, it was suggested that the desk with a standing desk and running machine can not be said to be healthy.

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From past research it is said that sitting too much increases the risk of heart disease, the chances of getting physically handicapped in the old age or losing your life young will be higher. There are research results that recommend a method of standing while working or exercising in order to reduce the evils caused by "sitting too much", but there are research results that analyzed 20 research results published in the past In the survey, it was suggested that there is little evidence that "desk with standing disk or running machine is effective".


I did the investigationFinnish Institute of Occupational HealthProfessor Jos Verbeek 's team. According to Professor Verbeek, the research which has been done so far has not been randomized experiments and it is half a year even if the experiment period is long, so it is too small and it is "effective" enough It is said that it has not been proved. Moreover, although it is standing desk saying that "It is possible to burn calories by working while standing", it is pointed out that calories burned can be achieved enough if it can stand a little sweets. In addition, Professor Verbeek also mentioned in 2005 that the research content "in the long term standing, there is the possibility of causing varicose veins" is being published in Denmark.

However, Mr. Lucas Carr, professor of behavioral medicine at the University of Iowa who is not participating in the current study, said, "There is no harm in being standing and there are some benefits in terms of health from being moderately standing." I explain. Of course, the calories consumed are never many, but profits can be obtained by continuing. Mr Carr said that the research by Dr Verbeek et al. Does not indicate that "the standing desk is meaningless" but shows that "research is not enough to prove the effect" I commented as I stayed.

On the other hand, Dr. Verbeek also agrees about the adverse effect of sitting too much, even if you introduce the standing desk to the office, it is difficult for people to change their behavior and it is likely to become an unnecessary long item, so the printer We are enumerating the solutions such as making the position of the device farther away from the desk and restricting the use of the elevator.

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