&quot;Some recent study&quot; - sounds legit.<p>Seriously though, I agree with you I think.  As I understand it, you get the health benefits from moving and fidgeting more, not from just standing like a statue.<p>Ye olde New York Times article talks a bit about this: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;is.gd&#x2F;3k4zJp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;is.gd&#x2F;3k4zJp</a><p>And that article gave me a fancier way to say fidgeting: Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenes or &quot;NEAT&quot;