Main description:

This is a short guide on sit-stand working in the office. It reviews the research on sitting and standing at work from the 1950s to present and provides guidance for specialists, therapists, practitioners, and managers. The book is illustrated with many photos and figures, provides guidance for active working at the end of every chapter, and is understandable to the layman as well as the specialist.

With the increased emphasis on healthy lifestyles, coupled with the obesity and overweight epidemic, many are claiming that we should spend more time standing at work. Some have even claimed that sitting is the new smoking. Readers of the book will learn and understand what is behind these claims, what stacks-up, what doesn't, and be able to make informed decisions about whether to invest in new facilities, and what to invest. This book is of value to human factors specialists, physical therapists, chiropractors and occupational health practitioners, architects, and facilities managers.

Features

Explains the origins of sedentary office work

Summarizes the health risks of sitting and standing and how to avoid them

Reviews new research on active working and practical ways of developing active working habits in the office

Discusses the obesogenic workplace, and how to avoid it

Includes over 60 key points to help you decide how to be more active at work

Contents:

Posture and Movement in Everyday Life. Why do we Sit in the Office? Seating as a Solution. Are we Built to Sit? Sitting as a Problem. Physical Activity in Everyday Life: Demographic Change in the 21st Century. Are we Built to Stand? Problems with Standing at Work and How to Avoid Them. Standing as a Solution: Benefits of Becoming More Active at Work. Bad Habits versus Active Workplaces. Choosing Products for Active Office Work. The Future of Office Work.