Standing Desks not quite as healthy as first believed

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Are standing desks really doing us any good? For losing weight, not really. A study found standing does, in fact, burn calories — just not that many: about 54 calories for a six-hour day of standing. Despite the modest effects of standing desks found in the research, standing desks have other health benefits. Research has found that people with standing desks tend to move more throughout the day, which would result in more burned calories than just standing. And there’s also the issue of back problems associated with long periods of sitting, another health issue standing desks were created to address.