If you're sitting while reading this, stand up. While chairs are often blamed for our aches and pains, they're now being linked to our potential demise.
Recent research has linked prolonged sitting to an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer. Some scientists even consider sitting more dangerous than smoking.
The office - where many Hongkongers spend up to 12 hours a day, some even longer - is the most dangerous perpetrator of what's been called "sitting disease" by scientists.
Some people are, literally, taking a stand against the illness. Standing desks, even treadmill desks, have taken off as a worldwide trend, and are a feature in the offices of Google and Facebook.
Although standing desks are nothing new - the likes of Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill worked at standing desks all their lives - they are yet to become a feature in a standard Hong Kong office.
Sitting for continued periods of time causes your body and its systems to slow down or actually shut down at a metabolic level
But one Hong Kong company is on a mission to change that. Chris Sherer, a qualified physiotherapist, founded The Standing Desk Company earlier this year and offers electric, height-adjustable standing desks and fitting services in response to the growing need.
