An analysis of standing desk research finds these workstations have ‘minimal impact’ on health and performance -- but standing desk users disagree.
Standing desks won’t make you lose weight, and they also don’t make you significantly healthier or more productive, according to a new analysis of 53 sit-stand desk studies.
But overall, the desks weren’t making workers healthier or more productive in significant ways. There was almost no effect on obesity, as you don’t burn enough calories from just standing to have a huge impact on the scale. One study noted that workers who stood at their desks the entire day — not just for an hour here or there, but for six hours — burned only 54 more calories a day, on average. That’s less than half the calories in a slice of bread.
“While we didn’t really see a detriment to mood or health or productivity, we didn’t see much improvement, either. But we also didn’t see any real consistency anywhere about how to use them, how long to use them, what position somebody should be in, and for how long,” Chambers added. “More research is needed to figure out how better to use them, and to get other benefits out of them other than weight loss.”Still, more and more workplaces are adopting standing desks.
“One of the interesting side benefits is that collaborating with another person is actually easier and pleasant at a standing desk,” Robertson told MarketWatch. “As opposed to ‘pulling a chair up,’ it is much easier to simply walk up and work together while standing.” He also said that the boost in employee morale from his team appreciating that the company invests in their health has raised productivity.
Work-from-home writer Lydia Noyes, a 25-year-old health and wellness expert for HighYa.com, has been using a Fully Jarvis standing desk for the past four months. And freelance writer Julia Goldstein, 52, signed up for a communal workspace in the Seattle area that offers standing desks — and even bought one for her home office — because the runner and triathlete noticed that sitting all day was tightening her hips and giving her lower back pain.
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