I don&#x27;t think it necessarily needs dismissing... It&#x27;s basically saying sitting isn&#x27;t so bad as long as you exercise and take breaks and move. Which...yeah...duh...?<p>This one of the things activity tracking devices are good at. The Apple watch has a &quot;stand&quot; metric, but what it&#x27;s really trying to measure is if you get to N level of movement during each hour. Standing in place won&#x27;t cut it. I&#x27;ve only ever tried the watch, but other trackers like the Jawbone, I believe should do the same thing.<p>The thing is, properly used sit-stand desks give people much more freedom to change their position as desired. I recently got a sit-stand desk, and it is easier to move around if I&#x27;m already standing. It&#x27;s only been a couple weeks, so we&#x27;ll see.