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According to a new study, employees with desks that force them to stand at regular intervals stood 60 minutes more per workday than co-workers with standard desks.<\/span>Rostislav Sedlacek\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

DENVER \u2013 According to a new University of Iowa study, employees with desks that force them to stand at regular intervals stood 60 minutes more per workday than co-workers with regular desks.<\/p>\n

Lucas Carr, an assistant professor and member of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative who worked on the study, says sitting eight hours a day puts workers at risk for cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and diabetes and becomes more of an issue with each passing year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea here is to really redesign the work environment, because most of us will be working for anywhere between 20 and 30 years,\u201d says Carr. \u201cSo if somebody is sitting for 40 hours a week and for 30 years, you can imagine how those things would build up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr says doctors now recommend workers take a break from sitting at their desks to get their blood flowing at least once an hour. He adds re-configuring work spaces could play a big role in fighting the obesity epidemic in the U.S. The study found employees with sit-stand desks burned up to 87 more calories a day and walked an additional six minutes at work \u2013 than their sitting counterparts.<\/p>\n

Carr notes the study focused on workers who had been using sit-stand desks for an average of 1.8 years. He says, unlike an exercise bike that ends up collecting dust in the garage, workers continued using the new desks even after they had lost their novelty. Carr says if you can\u2019t convince your boss to buy everyone a newfangled desk, there are still ways you can short-circuit the negative impacts of sitting all day.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing I recommend is for people just to drink more water,\u201d says Carr. \u201cBy doing that it\u2019s a natural reminder for you to get up and get away from your desk every 45 or 50 minutes and go to the restroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr points out sedentary jobs have risen 83 percent since 1960 and now account for 43 percent of all jobs in the U.S. He says on average office workers sit more than 80 percent of the day.<\/p>\n

So the next time your boss asks why you\u2019re not sitting at your desk? \u201cSorry, doctor\u2019s orders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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