{"id":121544,"date":"2024-11-03T09:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T02:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121544"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T02:56:33","slug":"your-standing-desk-might-actually-be-as-bad-as-sitting-all-day-sciencealert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121544","title":{"rendered":"Your Standing Desk Might Actually Be as Bad as Sitting All Day : ScienceAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In recent years, standing has been touted as a remedy to a sedentary lifestyle, especially for desk workers who spend long hours seated at their screens.<\/p>\n<p>But a new study from researchers in Australia and the Netherlands has found standing for long periods of time might not be much better than sitting after all \u2013 and actually comes with its own life-threatening risks.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Just under seven years of data from 83,013 adults were collected as part of the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK_Biobank\">Biobank<\/a>, using wrist-worn devices to track their activity, sleep, and sedentary time. The amount of time individuals spent standing and sitting was matched with incidences of cardiovascular diseases \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronary_artery_disease\">coronary heart disease<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heart_failure\">heart failure<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stroke\">stroke<\/a> \u2013 as well as circulatory diseases \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypotension#Orthostatic_hypotension\">low blood pressure on standing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Varicose_veins\">varicose veins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chronic_venous_insufficiency\">chronic venous insufficiency<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venous_ulcer\">venous ulcers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>The researchers found no association between time spent standing and the risk of cardiovascular disease, suggesting standing desks and similar work postures might not be enough to stave off the health problems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/around-the-world-people-are-dying-too-soon-because-they-sit-around-too-much\">associated with sitting around<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>University of Sydney population health scientist Matthew Ahmadi suggests this might be because many studies in support of standing were based on &#8216;soft endpoints&#8217; like improved blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, and triglyceride levels.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>His team&#8217;s investigation, on the other hand, focused on &#8216;hard clinical endpoints&#8217; \u2013 hospitalizations or death from these diseases \u2013 and found that whether people were seated or standing for the long periods of time they spent stationary didn&#8217;t really make a difference to cardiovascular outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More time spent sitting didn&#8217;t necessarily lower a person&#8217;s risk of cardiovascular disease, nor did it increase the risk,&#8221; Ahmadi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZGuIk5KpCCQ\">says<\/a>. &#8220;It was a null finding. But what it did do was actually increase their risk of circulatory diseases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Standing for more than two hours a day increased that risk by 11 percent for every extra half hour, which is bad news for retail workers and the standing desk industry.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Not that sitting is much better either: beyond 10 hours of daily sitting time, every extra hour spent on your butt increased circulatory disease risk by 26 percent.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>This suggests that a lack of walking or other movement while either sitting <em>or<\/em> standing could be driving the risk of orthostatic circulatory disease, the authors <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ije\/article\/53\/6\/dyae136\/7822310\">write<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Though the study&#8217;s sample size is unrivaled, it&#8217;s worth noting that as an observational study the research can&#8217;t prove that standing or sitting cause any of these diseases. It does, however, add to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/sitting-down-is-so-bad-for-you-even-sleeping-is-better\">avalanche of research<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/just-12-minutes-of-intense-exercise-is-enough-to-change-biomarkers-in-your-blood\">importance<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/short-bursts-of-activity-lower-your-risk-of-early-death-study-finds\">moving your body<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Ahmadi says the real take-home from this research is that standing, by itself, should not be considered a cure-all for the ailments of sedentary, seat-bound lifestyles.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Standing needs to be mixed in with other forms of activity that gets the body moving,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZGuIk5KpCCQ\">says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not seeing the risk of orthostatic diseases\u2026 when someone&#8217;s walking around. We&#8217;re seeing it mainly when they&#8217;re standing stationary, standing still, because you get that blood pooling in the lower extremities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This research was published in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/ije\/dyae136\">International Journal of Epidemiology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-standing-desk-might-actually-be-as-bad-as-sitting-all-day\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, standing has been touted as a remedy to a sedentary lifestyle, especially for desk workers who spend long hours seated at their screens. 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