Schools have been suggested as a viable avenue to combat childhood obesity. School administrators are sometimes faced with the conflicting demands of improving the health of their students and maintaining academic performance. Dynamic furniture such as stand-biased desks may be one way to address both academic and health demands placed on schools to prevent childhood obesity. Classrooms with stand-biased desks were compared with classrooms using traditional seated desks in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. The academic engagement of 282 participants was observed in the fall and spring during one academic year. The engagement of the treatment classrooms was compared with the engagement of the control classrooms. Both groups showed general increases in their academic engagement over time. Stand-biased desks do not seem to result in adverse effects on academic engagement when used in elementary classrooms. The data suggest promising results for the use of stand-biased desks in elementary school classrooms. The results suggest that stand-biased desks can be introduced in the classroom to combat childhood obesity through increasing energy expenditure without affecting academic engagement.

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站立式课桌对学术参与的影响：一项探索性研究

学校被认为是对抗儿童肥胖症的可行途径。学校管理人员有时面临着改善学生健康和保持学业成绩的相互矛盾的要求。动态家具，例如立式书桌，可能是满足学校防止儿童肥胖的学术和健康需求的一种方式。在二年级、三年级和四年级，使用站立式课桌的教室与使用传统坐式课桌的教室进行了比较。在一个学年的秋季和春季观察到 282 名参与者的学术参与。将治疗教室的参与度与对照教室的参与度进行了比较。随着时间的推移，这两个群体的学术参与度普遍增加。在小学教室中使用时，站立式课桌似乎不会对学术参与产生不利影响。数据表明，在小学教室中使用立式课桌取得了可喜的成果。结果表明，可以在教室中引入独立式书桌，通过增加能量消耗来对抗儿童肥胖，而不会影响学术参与。