If anything has boomed in the work-from-home space in the last five years it's standing desks (the standing desk market size was valued at $7.8 billion in 2023). With the rise of COVID in 2020, more people than ever traded in their morning commute to the office for a mid-day shuffle to their living

However, studies on whether standing desks are beneficial have been sparse and sometimes inconclusive. Further, prolonged standing can have its own risks, and data on work-related sitting has also been mixed.

Standing desks may not improve the health risks associated with sitting at your desk all day, a new study has found.

Sit-stand desks reduce sitting but don’t lower blood pressure, and prolonged standing without movement may harm cardiovascular health, according to a recent study. A study led by an epidemiologist fro

Standing desks have been trendy for over a decade, due in large part to their claims of increased health for those of us who use a computer for hours every day. A new study with years of data and tens of thousands of participants throws cold water on those claims,