Standing Desks For Students Benefits

7 benefits of a standing desk written by joe leech ms updated on june 18 2017 if you buy something through a link on this page we may earn a small commission.

Standing desks for students benefits.

Using a standing desk encourages people to spend less time sitting and more time standing according to a meta analysis of 53 studies published in the journal applied ergonomics in february 2019. Standing throughout the day increases blood circulation and thus alertness. While the new study suggests that a standing desk is unlikely to help with weight loss or avoiding weight gain there may be other benefits of a standing desk. While standing desks are a large investment for schools the benefits are obvious.

Likewise children no matter their age pay more attention when they aren. And who knows in the future students might be walking miles each day while studying on a treadmill desk. It provides a sense of urgency to focus and gets thing done. Adults in the workplace report increased productivity when standing.

The starrets have since founded a non profit organisation called standupkids that aims to equip all us schools with standing desks within the next 10 years. Advocates of standing desks point to studies showing that after a meal blood sugar levels return to normal faster on days a person spends more time standing.