Sitting is the New Smoking & 5 Health Benefits to Standing While Working

Over the weekend, I spent some time with a fellow author and friend.

In the course of our conversation, he asked me about my writing process.

I went into some of it (I go into it in far more detail here), and then we got into the fact that I try to do most of my writing standing up rather than sitting down.

Research tells us that sitting is the new smoking.

Check out this infographic that explains why sitting is killing us. It’s followed by 5 health benefits that come from standing while you work.

Here are the 5 health benefits for standing while working over sitting.

1. You lose weight and avoid obesity.

2. You are less prone to get diabetes.

3. You are less prone to get heart disease.

4. You are less prone to get cancer.

5. You live longer.