Contrary to popular belief that sitting could jeopardize your health, a new study that was published on March 16 stated that it is actually not that bad. On the other hand, those who spend hours standing can't brag as well about its health benefits.
For a long time, people were under the impression that sitting creates a bad effect on a person's health that it could result in a lot of scary diseases. Those who were scared about it can now breathe after scientists found new answers related to this theory.
There were some studies published before pertaining to the many health risks that sitting could do to a person's life. This includes the risk of heart failure and possibly experience disability in the long run. In an article reported by NPR, from about 20 research papers done about sitting being bad to a person's health, there were very few proofs that could say sitting is unhealthy nor standing would be better for a person's health.
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The researchers behind this study said that people shouldn't really be bothered much about their health in relation to whether they are standing or sitting down while at work. In an article published by the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, scientists came clean saying the past studies about these claims were not really even that reliable. The samples that were used back then to create a conclusion were not even consistent enough for them to see good results.
Now, why is this subject important? Part of it is because a lot of businesses are trying to sell sit-stand desks claiming these are better for a person's health. The truth is, not even scientists have enough proof for it, so it is best to know these things first before you get ripped off.
Take these words coming from Dr. Jos Verbeek, a health researcher at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health regarding these sit-stand desks, "What we actually found is that most of it is, very much, just fashionable and not proven good for your health."
