Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World

  1. Continued utilziation of standing desks was associatd with signficnat improvements in executive function and wokring memoery in schoolchildren (1) – page 15 intro
  2. Eighty percent of runners in America are injured every year (2) – page 16 intro
  3. Somebody who is deskbound for eight hours burns 300 calories during htat period… Somebody who is not deskbound, such as a waiter, burns about 1300 calories (3) – page 18 intro
  4. The number one reason people end up in nursing homes is that they can no longer get up and down on their own (4) – page 60 natural body principles
  5. Moving more can help manage work-related stress (5) – page 168 dynamic work station
  6. Standing may encourage more creative and collaborative group work (6) – page 168 dynamic work station

References

  1. Standing up for learning a pilot inetigation on the neurocngotitive benefits of stand biased school deks
  2. Sedentary time and tis assocation with risk for diesase incidence mortality and hospitalziation in adults
  3. Non exercsie activity thermogenesis the crouching tiger idden dragon of societal wieght gain
  4. Muscle stength and fal rates among residnts of japanse nad american nurisng homes an internatonal cros cultural study
  5. Links between ysical fitness and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to psychological stressors a meta analysis
  6. Get up stand up the effects of a non sdentar workspade on information elaboration adn group eprformance