Are Standing Desks Healthier Than Sitting?

Treehugger leader Graham Hill uses a standup desk. TreeHugger founder Graham Hill uses a standup desk, a very simple board on two cabinets; I stayed in his apartment a few years ago and just loved it, and have wanted to convert to one ever since. I thought it would keep me more alert; now Olivia Judson of the New York Times writes that it is better for your health. She first describes the problems of sitting:

If you consider only healthy people who exercise regularly, those who sit the most during the rest of the day have larger waists and worse profiles of blood pressure and blood sugar than those who sit less.

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