Stairs instead of the lift
Several short bursts across the day instead of one long session. Requires no changing room and no appointment.
Order of magnitude
Three to five times a day, one to two minutes of stair climbing or brisk walking.
Short everyday bursts are not HIIT and not Buffey 2022 interrupting sitting. No opened study with a percentage at this dose.
Effects in detail
Each row is a directed edge from our database, with range, latency, evidence grade and the condition under which it applies at all.
| Marker | Effect | Latency | Mode of action | Outcome | Evidence | Condition | Sources |
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What this measure costs
Counteracting effects of the same measure.
No counteracting effect is on file for this measure. That does not mean there is none, only that we found no defensible edge.
Moves without implying progress
Informational or no established effect: the marker moves or was checked, and that is not progress.
| Marker | Effect | Latency | Mode of action | Outcome | Evidence | Condition | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOMA-IR | checked, nothing happens. No established effect Buffey 2022 pools acute interrupting of sitting, not everyday stair bursts and not chronic HOMA-IR. Kept as a no-effect row so HIIT figures are not copied here. | not specified | chronic | unclear | Evidence grade C | applies regardless of the starting value | |
| Fasting glucose | checked, nothing happens. No established effect The pooled glucose in Buffey 2022 is acute postprandial interrupting of sitting, not stair climbing over weeks. | not specified | postprandial and chronic | unclear | Evidence grade C | applies regardless of the starting value | |
| Triglycerides | checked, nothing happens. No established effect No opened study with a lipid percentage for everyday bursts. | not specified | chronic | no | Evidence grade D | applies regardless of the starting value |
Sources
Full details of every study the rows above rely on.
The acute effects of interrupting prolonged sitting time in adults with standing and light-intensity walking on biomarkers of cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Buffey et al. · Sports Medicine · 2022 · Meta-analysis