By Cameron English
— Aug 19, 2024
A recent study claimed that excessive sitting – all too common in our modern, hyper-connected world – is more deadly than smoking and HIV. The solution, the researchers claimed, is a novel creation known as the treadmill desk, which allows people to exercise during their work days. How truthful is all this? Not very.
Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 86 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:
Are our comfy office chairs and gadget-filled desks turning us into sedentary sloths with expanding waistlines and chronic illnesses? Can standing turn desk jockeys into calorie-burning dynamos?
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Cameron English
Director of Bioscience
Cameron English is a writer, editor and co-host of the Science Facts and Fallacies Podcast. Before joining ACSH, he was managing editor at the Genetic Literacy Project.
