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More office workers takestand againstsitting Mark Ramirez, a senior executive atAOL, could work in the cushiest leather chair, if he wanted. No,thanks.Heprefers tostandmost ofthe dayata deskraisedabove stomachlevel. Ivegot my knees bent, Ifeel totallyalive,he said.It feelsmore naturaltostand. In the past few years,standing has become the new sitting for 10percent ofAOLemployees at the firmsVirginia campus, part of a standing ovation among accountants, programmers, telemarketers andotheroffice workersacrossthe nation. GeekDesk, a California firm that sells $800 desks raised by electric motors, says sales will triple thisyear. Standers give various reasons for taking to their feet: It makes them feel more focused, prevents drowsiness, makes them feel like a general even if they just push paper.(Former defense secretary DonaldRumsfeld works standing up.So does novelistPhilip Roth.) But unknown to them, a debate is percolating among ergonomics experts and public-health researchersabout whetheralloffice workersshould beencouraged tostand—tosave lives. Doctors point to surprising new research showing higher rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and even mortality among people who sit for long stretches. A study earlier this year in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that among 123,000 adults followed over 14 years, those who satmore than sixhours a day were atleast 18percent more likely to die during the time periodstudied thanthose who satless thanthreehours aday. Every rock we turn over when it comes to sitting is stunning, said Marc Hamilton, a leading researcher on inactivity physiology at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana. Sitting is hazardous. Its dangerous. We are on the cusp of a major revolution. He calls sitting the newsmoking. Not so fast, other experts say.Standing too much at work will cause more long-term back injuries. Incidencesofvaricose veinsamongwomen will increase.The heartwill have topump more.