The phrase “sitting is the new smoking” entered the public consciousness in recent years – a faintly hyperbolic but effective warning from health professionals that our sedentary lifestyles are leading to higher rates of obesity, heart disease and related illnesses.
While not quite as harmful as lighting up, spending too much of your day working at a desk poses real long-term health risks. Enter the standing desk, a modern solution to the problem of prolonged hours spent tapping away in an office chair. I use one every day, although like an exercise bike that slowly evolves into a clothes horse, it’s been stuck in the sitting position for a while, shamefully.
