Walter Thompson, PhD, president of the American College of Sports Medicine and associate dean and regents’ professor of kinesiology and health at Georgia State University, Atlanta, and Stephen Herrmann, PhD, senior director of innovation and research at Profile by Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Study: “Differences of energy expenditure while sitting versus standing” led by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, published in European Journal of Preventative Cardiology. The calorie-burn calculations were made using the Compendium of Physical Activities tracker created by professor Barbara E. Ainsworth, PhD, MPH, and colleagues at Arizona State University, Phoenix.
Standing desks are great, but the calorie burn is minimal—here’s how to really get moving during your day.
