Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand

Many punters who spent Tuesday standing and watching their favourite thoroughbred gallop around the Flemington track will be pleased to learn of the mounting evidence showing sitting down all day is bad for us.

Research from Dr Nick Gibson from the University of Queensland demonstrates that taking breaks and standing up improves performance, focus and alertness and reduces the problem of “presenteeism”, when a worker may be present but mentally disengaged.

At the same time, Professor David Dunstan, head of physical activity research at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, concludes that a two-minute standing break for every 20 minutes sitting down, compared with sitting down for hours without a break, significantly improves the health of participants and reduces the risk of heart disease. Dunstan said, “we also found that people who took breaks from sitting improved their body function. For example, they had 25 per cent lower blood glucose levels than those who remained sitting”.

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