New science shows very persuasively that standing up about every 20 minutes, even only for a minute or two, reduces your risks of developing diabetes and heart disease.
By standing up, you can the big muscles in your legs and back to contract, which leads to an increase in certain enzymes that break up fat in the blood stream. You don't have to jog in place or do jumping jacks. Just stand. A very pleasant additional benefit is that standing every 20-30 minutes also seems to prompt the body to burn calories, so you don't gain as much weight from sitting at the office most of the day.
If you can stand up every 20 minutes - even if you do nothing else - you change how your body responds physiologically.
Source: Gretchen Reynolds
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