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Media reports failed to mention limits to evidence in new guidelines about sitting and moving at work, and missed commercial interests that were initially not disclosed. Kennyrhoads/Wikimedia Commons

How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work

Catriona Bonfiglioli, University of Technology Sydney and Josephine Chau, University of Sydney

Here's how reporting of the world's first specific advice on reducing inactivity at work has overplayed the role of standing desks.

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