“Studies now show that even for those who work out during the day, prolonged sitting can increase the long-term risk of illness or death.”
“Since 2003, several of Hamilton's studies have found that physical inactivity, such as sitting, can impair key mechanisms in the body that regulate fat and cholesterol metabolism — changes that aren't reversed by exercise. Sitting also dramatically reduces contractions or electrical activity in skeletal muscles, because the chair is supporting the body's weight, Hamilton said.”
-Julie Deardorff, Chicago Tribune reporter
If those statements alone don’t scare you then I don’t know what will. Julie Deardroff’s (Chicago Tribune) article “Sedentary office workers try standing desks” really opens your eyes to potential health risks that can come with sitting and being ‘sedentary’ for an extended period of time.
Here at Body Mission Furniture our goal is to create a healthy productive work environment. We have a desk in the works that is the answer to this problem. With our desk you can go from sitting to standing in seconds! We highly recommend our desk. You don’t have to stand all day, but taking turns from sitting to standing throughout the day would benefit your health greatly.
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