03.21.2016
Susan Kotowski, PhD, and Kristina Volkmer, MPH, weigh in on new research

by Parker Brown
Staff Writer, MedPage Today

Researchers looked at 20 studies of standing desks and concluded that there was only very low-quality evidence that sit-stand desks were beneficial in the short run.

And there was no evidence whatsoever that they helped in the long run, according to the researchers, led by Nipun Shrestha, of the Health Research and Social Development Forum in Nepal, who published the review in The Cochrane Library.

In this video, Susan Kotowski, PhD, at the University of Cincinnati, and Kristina Volkmer, MPH, at Nebraska Medical Center talk about the research, whether stand-sit desks are just an expensive fad, and what they tell patients who spend most of their day sitting.