STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And now this.</s>BOB MARLEY: (Singing) Get up; stand up. Stand up for your rights.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Texas A&M wants you to stand up for your health.</s>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The school gave 300 students standing desks. It was an effort to test the health benefits.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And it turns out, students burned more calories and were more engaged.</s>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Naturally, this raised a vital question that people asked the researcher.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Were students cruelly being forced to stand?</s>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The answer is no. No students were harmed in the making of this test.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: They had the option to use a stool.
Old school teachers used to punish students by making them stand at their desks. Now, researchers are prescribing it for every student in the school.