College Classroom Instructors Can Effectively Promote Standing among Students Provided with Standing Desks.

ABSTRACT: Standing desks may reduce sedentary behaviors in college students. Students at one mid-size urban university in the Midwestern United States were randomized into intervention (n = 21) and control groups (n = 27) to assess standing time when given access to standing desks. The intervention group received visual and oral instructor prompts to stand, while the control received no prompts during a 50 min lecture. All students were provided with adjustable tabletop standing desks. ActivPAL accelerometers measured sitting and standing time. A brief survey assessed student preferences, including facilitators and barriers to standing. Mean standing time was greater in the intervention vs. control group (26 vs. 17 min, p = 0.023). Students tended to stand in the corners and edg

SUBMITTER: Chrisman MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122831 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature