D Rempel 03/10/2017
To Sit or Stand: What is Good for the Heart?
UCSF OEM 03/10/2017
David Rempel, MD, MPH, CPE Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine University of California San Francisco Professor, Department of Bioengineering University of California, Berkeley [I have nothing to disclose]
UK 2011 & Australia 2014 Public Health Guidelines
Adults should minimize the Sme spent being sedentary (siUng) for extended periods.
AMA 2013
Prolonged siUng, parScularly in work seUngs, can cause health problems. Businesses should offer employees alternaSves to siUng all day – such as standing desks, isometric balls instead of desk chairs, or re-arranging
- ffice space and work habits to encourage more
movement during the day.
Sit – Stand and Health
- Reduces back-neck pain.
- Reduces cardiovascular risk?
Work hours and CVD
US Prospective PSID Population Survey 1986-2011, N=22,000; adjusted for age, sex, industry, occupation. [Conway et al. JOEM 2016; 58(3):221]