MSU employees ‘stand up’ to sitting at work
March 6, 2013
Attention, people who sit eight hours a day, five days a week at a desk job: There is another way.
For those who’d rather not sit for at least part of the workday, a standing desk workstation may be a good — and healthier — alternative.
Enough people must think so, since this stand-up alternative has become a sensation that is sweeping the nation, according to reports from NBC News, the New York Times and Men’s Fitness magazine, among other major media organizations.
Mississippi State University faculty members and researchers agreed that standing to work can reverse the negative impacts of sitting constantly. Inactivity studies have demonstrated that sitting at work all day every day increases the risks of death and heart problems, even with regular exercise regimens outside the office.