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Physical activity profile of hypertensive adults living in rural South Africa

South African Journal of Physiotherapy
Background: Understanding the physical activity behaviours of adults at risk of poor health is important to inform targeted interventions. We profiled the frequency, intensity, duration and domain (work or non-work) of self-reported physical activities ...
Kganetso Sekome, Hellen Myezwa, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Lauren B. Sherar, Dale Esliger   +4 more
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Past-day recall of sedentary time: Validity of a self-reported measure of sedentary time in a university population

, 2016
Objectives\ud \ud - To assess the validity of the Past-day Adults’ Sedentary Time-University (PAST-U) questionnaire, modified for a university population, compared with activPAL.\ud \ud Design\ud \ud - Participants (n = 57, age = 18–55 years, 47 ...
Clark, Bronwyn K., Lim, Rui F., Gomersall, Sjaan R., Pavey, Toby G., Brown, Wendy J.   +4 more
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Associação entre comportamento sedentário baseado em tempo de tela com fatores sociodemográficos em estudantes do ensino médio de São José/SC, Brasil [PDF]

, 2015
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, Florianópolis, 2015.Introdução: O comportamento sedentário baseado em tempo de tela (CSTT) se mostra um dos maiores
Sousa, Gabriel Renaldo de
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Sedentary behaviour: applying the behavioural epidemiological framework

, 2015
Sedentary behaviour – sitting time – has become a popular area of research to compliment that on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. In this chapter, the behavioural epidemiology framework will be used to structure discussion concerning the ...
Biddle, Stuart J. H., Stuart J. H. Biddle, Biddle, Stuart   +2 more
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INTERVENTION TO REDUCE SEDENTARY TIME AND IMPROVE CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS AMONG SEDENTARY EMPLOYEES

, 2012
Background: More than half of the US adult population is sedentary and this type of behavior is known to increase an individual's risk for overweight/obesity hypertension cardiovascular disease stroke type 2 diabetes mellitus anxiety and depression.
NC DOCKS at East Carolina University, Smith, Rebecca Drew   +1 more
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The moderating effect of alternate Mediterranean diet on the association between sedentary behavior and insomnia in postmenopausal women

Frontiers in Nutrition
AimThe study aimed to explore the moderating role of the alternate Mediterranean diet (aMED) adherence on the association between sedentary behavior and insomnia symptoms in postmenopausal women.MethodsData regarding postmenopausal women were obtained ...
Zhumei Sheng, Mincong Zhou
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Association between impaired sensitivity to thyroid hormones and sedentary behavior: a cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Medicine
PurposeSedentary behavior and impaired thyroid hormone sensitivity are linked to a variety of comorbid conditions; however, the exact nature of their relationship remains inadequately studied.
Hangzhou Yang, Jie Kang, Lingkang Dong, Zihan Lin, Qixian Lin, Bo Wu   +5 more
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Sedentariness: A Need for a Definition

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
Valentin Magnon, Frédéric Dutheil, Frédéric Dutheil, Catherine Auxiette   +3 more
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Confinement is not sedentary

Bulletin de l'Académie Nationale de Médecine, 2020
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Physical activity of children : a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries

, 2014
The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth has been effective in powering the movement to get kids moving by influencing priorities, policies, and practice in Canada.
Jarmo Liukkonen, María del Pilar Rodríguez Martínez, Prista, Antonio, Casey E. Gray, del Pilar Rodriguez Martinez, Maria, Vincent O. Onywera, Antonio Prista, Grant Tomkinson, Lambert, Estelle V., Sarmiento, Olga L., Onywera, Vincent, Akinroye, Kingsley K., Mark S. Tremblay, Reilly, John, Reginald T. Ocansey, Martyn Standage, Maddison, Ralph, Standage, Martyn, Liukkonen, Jarmo, Harrington, Deirdre, Ralph Maddison, Kingsley Akinroye, Dierdre M. Harrington, Tremblay, Mark S, Ocansey, Reginald T., Katzmarzyk, Peter T., Estelle V. Lambert, Gray, Casey E., Harrington, Deirdre M., John J. Reilly, Olga L. Sarmiento Duenas, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Tomkinson, Grant R.   +32 more
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