The linked article makes no claims about health outcomes - instead, the participants in that study reported feeling better, which contributes to the reported improvement in health-adjusted life years.
In fact, there was no difference in BMI reported between the standard condition and the intervention designed to decrease sitting time.
I don't know this literature much, but a separate analysis of the same study may show improved cardiometabolic risk profiles in workers who are encouraged to stand more often[1].
1. https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00005768-201803000-000...
Sorry? I didn't mention BMI. I was referring to life year gains.
> Life years (LY) gained is a measure in health economics. It expresses the additional number of years of life that a person lives as a result of receiving a treatment.
And a 1% increase in LY after a 12 month intervention isn't a silver bullet, but it's nothing to sneeze at.
Re:Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
by lucas_membrane on Monday November 19, 2018 @02:39PM
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Is there better evidence in favor of the 1 mph treadmill desks?
If it matters, my back pain largely went away when I switched to working while standing for three or four hours a day.
[0] E.g., http://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3740