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Can Sitting = Depression?
The Lancet is perhaps one of the most esteemed peer reviewed journals in history and, if the media is to be believed, it recently ran a study showing a link between prolonged sitting of more than 8 hours and experiencing a higher risk of depression. Or did it? Rather than looking at desk-based staff directly, … Read more
I want to ride my bicycle (& get away from British Politics)
Hello again, most of you know by now that we’re all keen cyclists at BtS. Not a day goes by without a puncture, near-miss or a stolen bike story! So we were super excited (probably more than we should’ve been to be honest ) to hear that the biggest underground bike parking garage in the … Read more
Is There A Link Between Physical and Mental Health At Work?
Absolutely. Changing one physiology almost always affects the other. And because they are so intimately linked, it would be wrong of us at BtS not to dedicate some words to them. Because for many of us, work is a major part of our lives. It is where we spend much of our time, where we … Read more
Can Creating ‘Human-Centric’ Spaces Be The Answer To Office Health?
Because its been much discussed recently, I’d like to briefly touch on the importance of office design for employee health and productivity. Before I do, I’d like to give a big thank you to the Occupational Health & Wellbeing magazine for their huge input here. So let’s begin. Office health and wellbeing these days isn’t … Read more
Can Exercise Protect You From All the Bad of The Sitting Disease?
This is a very common question. Surely we can all sit for as long as we want because if we exercise later, all the bad effects will be wiped out. Right. Wrong. Well mostly wrong. The Lancet has recently published scientific discoveries showing that this can be done, but only if we get 60-75 minutes of … Read more
To sit-stand or not to sit-stand?
One of the most common questions we’re asked by companies we work with, is which type of new desk is the best to buy for a dynamic workforce. And very often, our response raises a few eyebrows. What we say is, don’t! Not immediately anyway. That’s because though a new mobile friendly workstation can help … Read more
