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Occupational sitting and health risks:A systematic review [PDF]

American journal of preventive medicine, 2010
Context Emerging evidence suggests that sedentary behavior (i.e., time spent sitting) may be negatively associated with health. The aim of this study was to systematically review the evidence on associations between occupational sitting and health risks.
Van Uffelen, Jannique G.Z., Wong, Jason, Chau, Josephine Y., Van Der Ploeg, Hidde P., Riphagen, Ingrid, Gilson, Nicholas D., Burton, Nicola W., Healy, Genevieve N., Thorp, Alicia A., Clark, Bronwyn K., Gardiner, Paul A., Dunstan, David W., Bauman, Adrian, Owen, Neville, Brown, Wendy J.   +14 more
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Validation of a Novel, Objective Measure of Occupational Sitting [PDF]

Journal of Occupational Health, 2012
Validation of a Novel, Objective Measure of Occupational Sitting: Gemma C. RYDE, et al. St Lucia Campus, School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia—ObjectiveTo test the validity of a sitting pad (SP) to measure desk based sitting time and transitions, against camera derived direct observation; and to compare the data with
Ryde, Gemma, Gilson, Nicholas D, Suppini, Alessandro, Brown, Wendy J   +3 more
openaire   +10 more sources

Desk-Based Occupational Sitting Patterns [PDF]

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013
Prolonged, uninterrupted sitting time is associated with poor health outcomes. As most sitting time occurs at work, accurate, objective measurement of occupational sitting patterns is required to fully understand its effects on employee health.The purpose of this study was to examine associations of desk-based sitting patterns with waist circumference (
Gemma C. Ryde, Helen E. Brown, G.M.E.E. Peeters, Nicholas D. Gilson, Wendy J. Brown   +4 more
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Recent trends in population levels and correlates of occupational and leisure sitting time in full-time employed Australian adults.

PLoS ONE, 2018
This study aimed to explore the trend in population levels, as well as the correlates, of occupational and leisure sitting time in full-time employed Australian adults between 2007 and 2015.
Anne Loyen, Tien Chey, Lina Engelen, Adrian Bauman, Jeroen Lakerveld, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Johannes Brug, Josephine Y Chau   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity Among University Employees. [PDF]

Int J Exerc Sci, 2014
The prevalence of overweight and obese in the U.S. has been thoroughly documented. With the advent of inactivity physiology research and the subsequent interest in sedentary behavior, the work environment has come under closer scrutiny as a potential opportunity to reverse inactivity.
Fountaine CJ, Piacentini M, Liguori GA.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Associations between accelerometer-assessed occupational and leisure-time sitting and self-reported cognitive dysfunction in Swedish middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the SCAPIS study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background The relationship between sedentary behavior and cognitive health remains insufficiently understood. The aim of this study was to examine associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting and self-reported cognitive dysfunction ...
Bergman F, Boraxbekk CJ, Hettiarachchi P, Svartengren M, Wennberg P, Fortuin-de Smidt M.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Patterns of impact resulting from a 'sit less, move more' web-based program in sedentary office employees. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
PurposeEncouraging office workers to 'sit less and move more' encompasses two public health priorities. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting, even less about the longer term effects of ...
Anna Puig-Ribera, Judit Bort-Roig, Angel M González-Suárez, Iván Martínez-Lemos, Maria Giné-Garriga, Josep Fortuño, Joan C Martori, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Raimon Milà, Jim McKenna, Nicholas D Gilson   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Physiological consequences of prolonged static sedentary work among corporate desk employees: a systematic review with implications for the Indian occupational context. [PDF]

Front Public Health
BackgroundCorporate desk employees spend 6–10 h per working day in sustained static sitting, yet no systematic review has synthesized the multi-pathway physiological evidence for this population with reference to the Indian occupational context ...
Khan MN.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Teleworking as the main risk factor for sedentary behavior: the COVISTRESS international study. [PDF]

PLoS One
BackgroundIf teleworking is already associated with prolonged sedentary behavior, the literature lacks an integrating model with all putative influencing variables, as well as a sufficient number of participants to explore extreme sitting behavior ...
Nasir H, Duclos M, Pereira B, Thivel D, Jiao J, Quach B, Bagheri R, Zak M, Ugbolue UC, Baker JS, Cole A, Mermillod M, Charkhabi M, COVISTRESS network, Clinchamps M, Dutheil F.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Associations of Prolonged Occupational Sitting with the Spectrum of Kidney Disease: Results from a Cohort of a Half-Million Asian Adults [PDF]

Sports Medicine - Open, 2022
Chi-Pang Wen, Wayne Gao, Chih-Cheng Hsu   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources