<a href="https://archive.is/2023.10.23-014302/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732913-000-how-changing-the-way-you-sit-could-add-years-to-your-life/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://archive.is/2023.10.23-014302/https://www.newscientis...</a><p>tldr: they squat<p>And an important paragraph: “Hadza men and women spent nearly 10 hours every day resting, almost identical to the numbers for people in the US, Netherlands and Australia. The number of breaks was similar across populations as well. Hadza adults switched from resting to active postures like standing or walking roughly 50 times per day, on par with data from Europeans. Still, Hadza blood profiles and blood pressures showed they were remarkably healthy, with low levels of triglycerides and other markers of heart disease. The Hadza were much healthier than their desk-bound counterparts in industrialised countries, but not because they rested less or got up to stretch their legs more often.”
This is maybe not life changing, but I swapped about 10 years ago my office chair for a gym ball.<p>My back feels much better (I like to think that this is because of that). My coworkers are less happy because when I start bouncing during a video call they get sea sick :)
> All we wanted to do was sit. Onawasi seemed to feel the same way. He had spent the morning hunting, and certainly deserved the chair more than we did.<p>This implies a morning hunting or standing next to the coffee machine does not make a difference. Only the way they sit after that.
Sadly paywalled and can no longer access archive. I am genuinely interested if this is just another doom piece without any science. We just heard the other day that a brisk 21min walk can counteract the effects of sitting. Heck what about those of us that switch between standing and sitting?