To sit or stand? It’s the great debate of modern office drones. A new, yearlong study about the ergonomics of work suggests you might want to do both. In the study, people report feeling physically ...
Desks that let you sit down or stand up to work may be a trendy piece of office furniture, but the health benefits of these desks are largely unproven, a new Cochrane Review study suggests. The ...
If you’ve been following the trickle of research coming in on sitting vs. standing desks, you know conclusions are murky. Sitting will kill you! But standing will kill you, too! So what about those ...
For the past five years, U.S. employers and workers have been learning of the health benefits associated with sit-stand desks. While their popularity has surged recently, the technology has actually ...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Warning: White-collar work could be hazardous to your health. Actually, sitting at your desk is the problem. The American Cancer Society says inactive women who sit for six-plus ...
A team of young designers based in California has created a compact and versatile sit-stand desk solution that is slim enough to fit in a handbag, backpack or computer case. Dubbed MOFT Z (or Mobile ...
First, they came for our chairs. Science told us that sitting would kill us – one analysis of 47 studies found that prolonged sitting, like a person, does in an office, increasing the risk of heart ...
Standing desks are all the rage, but not everyone can afford a fancy model that electrically shifts from a sitting to a stand-to-work height at the touch of a button. Most of us are stuck with ...
The gold standard of adjustable standing desks, the Uplift V2 is worth every penny. The controls are super intuitive, with a keypad on one side that allows you to adjust the desk’s height using ...
Many of my (male) colleagues have sit-stand desks. With the flip of a switch, the desktop elevates and they can work standing up; another flip and the desk moves back down to its usual position. I had ...
The analysis found specifically that using a standing desk doesn’t help people lose weight. Nor does it make them healthier or more productive. Credit: Creative Commons/Juhan Sonin In recent years, a ...
Standing desks became trendy because of their ability to cut into your sitting time, thereby improving your health and wellness in the workplace. And a small new study says the benefits don’t stop ...