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Thursday 18 December 2014 9:52am

Office workers who sit for extended periods at their desks may be risking their health.

Professor Barry Taylor, a member of EDOR, is undertaking research to establish healthier workplace practices.

Existing studies have indicated that sedentary behaviour may be a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, as well as some cancers, and cardiovascular problems.

Professor Taylor, who has used a standing desk himself for the past four years, is conducting a randomised control trial of physical activity on the effectiveness of meetings. Participants may be assigned to sit, stand or 'perch'.

Read the full article in the Otago Daily Times:

Ladies and gentlemen please be upstanding 26 November 2014, Otago Daily Times website

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Professor Barry Taylor, Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine, and member of EDOR.

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