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A guide to active working in the modern office : homo sedens in the 21st century / by Robert Bridger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020Description: xiii, 131 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367075415,
  • 9780367002282:
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: A guide to active working in the modern officeDDC classification:
  • 613.7 B76 2020
LOC classification:
  • T59.72 .B75 2020
Contents:
Preface--Author biography--Acknowledgements--Chapter 1 Posture and Movement in Everyday Life --Chapter 2 Why do we Sit in the Office? Seating as a Solution --Chapter 3 Are we Built to Sit? Sitting as a Problem --Chapter 4 Physical Activity in Everyday Life: Demographic Change in the 21st Century --Chapter 5 Are we Built to Stand? Problems with Standing at Work and How to Avoid Them --Chapter 6 Standing as a Solution: Benefits of Becoming More Active at Work --Chapter 7 Bad Habits versus Active Workplaces --Chapter 8 Choosing Products for Active Office Work --Chapter 8 The Future of Office Work --References --Index
Summary: "This is a short guide on sit-stand working in the office. It reviews the research on sitting and standing at work from the 1950s to present, and provides guidance for specialists, therapists, practitioners, and managers. The book is illustrated with many photos and figures and is understandable to the layman as well as the specialist. With the increased emphasis on healthy lifestyles, coupled with the obesity and overweight epidemic, many are claiming that we should spend more time standing at work. Some have even claimed that sitting is the new smoking. Readers of the book will learn and understand what is behind these claims, what stacks-up, what doesn't, and be able to make informed decisions about whether to invent in new facilities, and what to invest. This book is of value to human factors specialists, physical therapists, chiropractors and occupational health practitioners, architects, and facilities managers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface--Author biography--Acknowledgements--Chapter 1 Posture and Movement in Everyday Life --Chapter 2 Why do we Sit in the Office? Seating as a Solution --Chapter 3 Are we Built to Sit? Sitting as a Problem --Chapter 4 Physical Activity in Everyday Life: Demographic Change in the 21st Century --Chapter 5 Are we Built to Stand? Problems with Standing at Work and How to Avoid Them --Chapter 6 Standing as a Solution: Benefits of Becoming More Active at Work --Chapter 7 Bad Habits versus Active Workplaces --Chapter 8 Choosing Products for Active Office Work --Chapter 8 The Future of Office Work --References --Index

"This is a short guide on sit-stand working in the office. It reviews the research on sitting and standing at work from the 1950s to present, and provides guidance for specialists, therapists, practitioners, and managers. The book is illustrated with many photos and figures and is understandable to the layman as well as the specialist. With the increased emphasis on healthy lifestyles, coupled with the obesity and overweight epidemic, many are claiming that we should spend more time standing at work. Some have even claimed that sitting is the new smoking. Readers of the book will learn and understand what is behind these claims, what stacks-up, what doesn't, and be able to make informed decisions about whether to invent in new facilities, and what to invest. This book is of value to human factors specialists, physical therapists, chiropractors and occupational health practitioners, architects, and facilities managers"-- Provided by publisher.

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