Standup Kids

standupkids provides education on the health risks associated with sedentary lifestyles and resources on why standing desks create an environment where children can become healthier and more active. the average u.s. student is sitting an average of 4.5 hours/day at school and (for kids ages 8-18) an additional 7 plus hours/day in front of a screen, regardless of socioeconomic status. combine that with time spent doing homework, sitting at the dinner table, and driving to and from school, and our kids are spending nearly 85% of their waking hours in sedentary positions. the problem is so bad that medical experts now equate sitting with smoking, saying that sitting as little as two hours continuously increases risk for heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, back and neck pain (among other orthopedic problems) and will literally shorten your life, just like smoking. it turns out that tacking on regular exercise (soccer practice, gymnastics class, etc.) to an otherwise sedent