Evidence points to the need for two hours of standing. Sitting all day can damage your health in all sorts of ways. To address that, a group of health experts in the UK have put together a list of recommendations about sitting and standing time to keep people healthier. “According to the recommendation, people should aim to stand at least two hours a day during working hours. This doesn’t have to be all at once, but can be broken up into small periods of standing, pacing, fidgeting or walking—anything but sitting still. Standing for at least two hours a day is just a first step, though. The recommendation encourages a standing goal of four working hours a day, roughly half of your working life. Even if you can’t leave your desk long enough to take a walk, trips to the break room or restroom count—as does anything that breaks up a long stretch of time in a chair.” That might seem like a lot, but the researchers point out that the goal is just to get people to think about how much of their day they spend sitting. “An average office worker spends up to 75% of his or her day sitting, and more than half of that comes in long episodes of nearly inert sedentariness lasting 30 minutes or more.”

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