It’s true. We know that because researchers at the University of Queensland used activity monitors to record the amount of time, over one week, spent sleeping, sitting or lying down, standing and stepping, of more than 780 men and women aged between 36 and 80. Ready? The envelope please….
A University of Queensland news release reports that the researchers found that people who stood for an extra two hours a day had an 11 percent lower average BMI and a 7.5-centimeter (3-inch) smaller average waist circumference. Wait, there’s more: an extra two hours a day spent standing rather than sitting was associated with approximately two per cent lower average fasting blood sugar levels and 11 per cent lower average triglycerides (fats in the blood).