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by alextgordon 3747 days ago
Useless clickbait. Nobody ever claimed that the one and only benefit of standing is to "burn excess calories".

Personally I had developed back pain from too much sitting. When I stand, I have better posture and so I don't get the pain.
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dpark 3747 days ago
> Nobody ever claimed that the one and only benefit of standing is to "burn excess calories".

Well, the article didn't claim that, either. It mentions that as one potential (arguable) benefit. It mentions this in the broader context of standing desk improving health in general, and the fact that there's basically no evidence for this.

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analog31 3746 days ago
Agreed. However, it seems to me that "health in general" is potentially harder to quantify than specific health conditions. It might be of interest to people who deal with workers in the aggregate, such as insurers and employers.

But I could imagine individual workers wanting to know more about the specifics: Could standing at work help with my personal health and medical issues? That question presented itself to me when my doctor told me that my neck and upper body pain was caused by sitting at a computer all day. Switching to a standing desk gave me fairly rapid relief after struggling for more than a year.

Of course that's just my anecdote. If someone else doesn't have the same problem, then the question is completely different for them.

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buserror 3747 days ago
Strange, I have the reverse! Carrying to many heavy loads when I was stupid/young means that standing is actually quite a lot more tiring for me. I can walk for miles without problems, but /standing/ for a few minutes is really painful on my lower back.

There is a case of wear an tear on the mechanical bit of the body. Sitting has it's issues, but standing put a lot of unnecessary strain on many sensitive joints. You /will/ pay for it later on...

Getting older sucks ;-)

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