The Secret Service Uses Standing Desks

It sounds like a fad, but it’s more than that, as recent research shows just how bad it is for our bodies to sit for hours a day. It not only slows metabolism but increases the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, as insulin effectiveness drops with lack of movement. The enzymes responsible for breaking down lipids and triglycerides also plunge, and that causes HDL, the good cholesterol, to fall.

Standing has become a way of working at a number of firms around the country. At the AOL campus in Dulles, Va., a number of accountants, programmers and other workers stand up on the job. Federal workplaces that have purchased standing desks include the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Geological Survey in Washington, D.C.

 

Read more from the Cleveland.com article here.