Sit? Stand? Move! | Workplace Blog | Spacelab

Sit? Stand? Move! | Workplace Blog | Spacelab: As you are reading this, you are probably sitting. So am I, writing this blog at the moment. Sitting is what most people do most of the time during their day, either at work, at home, or in other places. While there is nothing wrong with the activity of sitting per se, it is the duration of sitting that raises concerns. Prolonged periods of sitting, also called ‘sedentary’ behaviours or lifestyles, and physical inactivity in general, have been identified as a serious health risk by researchers. The notion that ‘sitting is the new smoking‘ has made the rounds, popping up at workplace conferences, in press articles and social media alike, as for instance argued in the Harvard Business Review and of course there are a couple ofTED talks on the subject matter, too.