{"items": [{"author": "Jeremy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=323630301060329", "anchor": "fb-323630301060329", "service": "fb", "text": "Not a huge study, but
http://www.ajcn.org/content/72/6/1451.full
There also does seem to be a lot of evidence that time spent sedentary disposes one's body to different metabolic patterns, which increase cardiovascular morbidity.", "timestamp": "1342980885"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=323659361057423", "anchor": "fb-323659361057423", "service": "fb", "text": "The question you're looking for appears to be question number 1 in the survey. It's somewhat vaguer than the other one you mentioned, though. No specific numbers of hours listed, and a little more room for interpretation, I think, for survey participants.", "timestamp": "1342988181"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=323661991057160", "anchor": "fb-323661991057160", "service": "fb", "text": "@Daniel: \"The question you're looking for appears to be question number 1\"
I can't believe I missed that; thanks!
\"No specific numbers of hours listed, and a little more room for interpretation\"
Yes, though people's senses of counting hours tend not to be too accurate either.", "timestamp": "1342988885"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=323665974390095", "anchor": "fb-323665974390095", "service": "fb", "text": "True. Short of actually being there and timing people, you're likely to get variations in how many hours people think they spend sitting or standing. However, I still think it was clearer in the first survey. On the other hand, that one specifies \"not counting time spent at your job\", so it may not address your specific question re: standing desks so well either.", "timestamp": "1342989841"}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/118273920476267337216", "anchor": "gp-1343008256901", "service": "gp", "text": "> I've been using a standing desk for almost a year.\n
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\nHow's it been going? Do you like it, or is it something you dislike but do because it's good for you?", "timestamp": 1343008256}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1343009535237", "service": "gp", "text": "@Josh\n\u00a0If I learned that it had no health benefit I would probably keep standing some, but would stand a good bit less.", "timestamp": 1343009535}, {"author": "Thomas", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/110993380381592315078", "anchor": "gp-1346177538630", "service": "gp", "text": "If you are looking for a study with random assignment,\u00a0\nhttp://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2853%2990665-5/fulltext\n might fit the bill. \u00a0It's the 1953 British study which found higher mortality in British bus drivers (who sit) than trolley operators (who stand). \u00a0I seem to recall reading that the participants were pseudo-randomly assigned careers by the British civil service, but I can't remember or find where I read that.", "timestamp": 1346177538}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1346199662061", "service": "gp", "text": "@Thomas\n\u00a0non-paywalled pdf, which I'm still reading:\u00a0\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2027542/pdf/brmedj03082-0009.pdf", "timestamp": 1346199662}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1346201387388", "service": "gp", "text": "@Thomas\n, actually, the article I found seems not to be the same one. \u00a0I can't find an open copy your 1953 drivers study.", "timestamp": 1346201387}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643343449089011", "anchor": "fb-643343449089011", "service": "fb", "text": "JWZ recently posted about switching to a standing desk (http://www.jwz.org/blog/2014/06/standing-desk/), which got me thinking about it. You still like it?", "timestamp": "1403635652"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643387795751243", "anchor": "fb-643387795751243", "service": "fb", "text": "In the past month I've mostly stopped standing at work. I've been spending enough time walking around and bouncing a 2-month-old that standing at work was hurting my knees. My plan is to switch back to standing once Lily needs less bouncing to be satisfied with life.
Before I stopped I was standing about half the time while I was working at my computer. That's a pattern I fell into pretty quickly, maybe six months after I started using a standing desk. I have a fancy sit/stand desk here at work; at my previous job I just spent some of my time working with my laptop in my lap.", "timestamp": "1403640255"}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643388562417833", "anchor": "fb-643388562417833", "service": "fb", "text": "Yeah, I wondered a little about JWZ's \"I adjusted immediately with no trouble at all\" comment, since I feel like people who work at jobs where they're always on their feet, they tend to find it tiring. I don't know what kind of shape he's in, but I'm certainly not in great shape (and almost certainly worse than you). Anyway, thanks for the info, will continue to mull.", "timestamp": "1403640380"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643395999083756", "anchor": "fb-643395999083756", "service": "fb", "text": "Sounds like a good opportunity for some self-experimentation?", "timestamp": "1403641506"}, {"author": "Richard", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643414682415221", "anchor": "fb-643414682415221", "service": "fb", "text": "Just wondering, for health isn't the important difference movement vs. being stationary, rather than sitting vs. standing?", "timestamp": "1403644371"}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643434749079881", "anchor": "fb-643434749079881", "service": "fb", "text": "Richard, I'm guessing it's hard to be completely stationary standing. Standing people shift weight a lot, etc.", "timestamp": "1403647534"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643453805744642", "anchor": "fb-643453805744642", "service": "fb", "text": "Knees. Older knees.", "timestamp": "1403651171"}, {"author": "Dave", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643457445744278", "anchor": "fb-643457445744278", "service": "fb", "text": "Richard, I think you're right. Some people use treadmill desks, now, as a way of not being stationary.", "timestamp": "1403651992"}, {"author": "Christopher", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643458075744215", "anchor": "fb-643458075744215", "service": "fb", "text": "I stand about half the day to interview applicants. Right nowy work is on three three floors, so I also do a lot of walking and stairs. I try to avoid remaining stationary (either standijg or sitting) for more than an hour. Standijg especially, if more than two hours without moving (I usually can access everything I need with just upper body swivel) , means I get a little stiff in the legs.", "timestamp": "1403652146"}, {"author": "Jeannine", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643460189077337", "anchor": "fb-643460189077337", "service": "fb", "text": "While sitting all day certainly isn't good for our bodies, neither is standing all day. Walking is very good for us, but when we are standing we strain our bodies to hold position. In walking, we cycle through different muscle groups. This teacher has been through a lot of PT because of standing all day.", "timestamp": "1403652686"}, {"author": "Sarah", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643645535725469", "anchor": "fb-643645535725469", "service": "fb", "text": "I can also vouch that standing all day hurts! I enjoy the opportunity to sit and rest the legs :)", "timestamp": "1403687004"}, {"author": "Laura", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/323602011063158?comment_id=643737779049578", "anchor": "fb-643737779049578", "service": "fb", "text": "Correlation v causation. Moving in general is probably both good for you and a sign of already good health. I doubt just moving from sitting at a desk to standing at a desk will change anything. If you want the benefits of not sitting you should take more walks or do more activities in general.", "timestamp": "1403703326"}]}