Giving Compass' Take:

· Reporting for HealthDay News, Amy Norton discusses the health benefits of sit-stand desks and explains how they generally improve the overall well-being and productivity of employees. 

· How do sit-stand desks affect productivity? What are other office strategies to improve employee health?

· Here's more on workplace productivity.

"Sit-stand" desks can get office workers on their feet more often -- and improve their well-being along the way, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that when they swapped out traditional office desks for sit-stand versions, workers stayed on their feet for an extra 80 minutes on the average workday.

And over one year, that translated into lower levels of anxiety and job fatigue, less back pain and more engagement in work.

The findings, published online Oct. 10 in the journal BMJ, may offer desk workers more incentive to get on their feet whenever possible.

"Simply replacing some time spent sitting each day with standing may be beneficial in lots of different ways for health and well-being," said lead researcher Charlotte Edwardson, an associate professor at the University of Leicester, in England.

Read the full article about sit-stand desks by Amy Norton at HealthDay News.