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52,000 is the number of extra calories you can burn per year by standing, rather than sitting, at work. A number of small studies have also linked standing to a decreased risk of heart disease, lower blood sugar levels, reduced back pain and - one for any employer’s reading - improved productivity.
22 per cent of young men eat an unhealthy amount of food in order to bulk up. That stark stat comes as a study out of the University of California found teenagers who perceive themselves to be ‘puny’ are at a greater risk of ‘bigorexia’ – the condition characterised by obsessive over-exercising, a rigid diet and an extreme preoccupation with physique – when they’re older. "Some eating disorders can be challenging to diagnose," said study first author Jason Nagata, MD, of the UCSF Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine. "Unlike anorexia nervosa, which may be easily identified, disordered eating to increase bulk may masquerade as healthy habits...[so] it tends to go unnoticed."