News website Time examines the ongoing debate about whether standing desks in workplaces are effective, focusing on the recent Cochrane Review presenting the current evidence.

Related Resources:

Full Cochrane Review: Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work

Press Release: Health effects of sit-stand desks and interventions aimed to reduce sitting at work are still unproven (in Spanish)

Other selected media coverage:

• "Stand to work if you like, but don't brag about the benefits", NPR.
• "Sit-stand desks offer little evidence of health benefits, review finds", the BMJ.
• "Health benefit of standing desks not proven, medical review shows", (video) ABC News.
• "Standing desks 'unlikely to make workers healthier", Evening Standard.
• "Standing desks might not be that great for you after all — because of one simple reason", Business Insider.
• "Health effects of sit-stand desks still unproven", The Times of India.