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Reconsidering the sedentary behaviour paradigm. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
AimsRecent literature has posed sedentary behaviour as an independent entity to physical inactivity. This study investigated whether associations between sedentary behaviour and cardio-metabolic biomarkers remain when analyses are adjusted for total ...
Carol Maher, Tim Olds, Emily Mire, Peter T Katzmarzyk   +3 more
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Exploring sedentary behaviour reduction interventions in the primary healthcare setting: a scoping review [PDF]

BMC Primary Care
Background Excessive sitting time is a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases and an increased risk of early mortality. Primary healthcare is a viable setting to target population health behaviour change.
Aaron Beecroft, Anna Chapman, Shannon Sahlqvist, Lisa Becker, David Dunstan   +4 more
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Exploring adults’ experiences of sedentary behaviour and participation in non-workplace interventions designed to reduce sedentary behaviour: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Sedentary behaviour is any waking behaviour characterised by an energy expenditure of ≤1.5 metabolic equivalent of task while in a sitting or reclining posture.
G. H. Rawlings, R. K. Williams, D. J. Clarke, C. English, C. Fitzsimons, I. Holloway, R. Lawton, G. Mead, A. Patel, A. Forster   +9 more
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Intervention development to reduce sedentary behaviour among adults: a qualitative investigation using the Behaviour Change Wheel [PDF]

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Background Reducing prolonged sedentary behaviour is recommended to improve population health. The development of behaviour change interventions requires understanding context-specific determinants, which may differ across domains of transportation ...
Hannah Harsanyi, Nicole Slot, Reilly Parkinson, Andria R. Morielli, Apiramy Jeyapalan, Elizabeth Holmes, Susan Flynn, Tavis Campbell, Hude Quan, Yong Zeng, Jiami Yang, Shaminder Singh, Jennifer Vena, Stuart Biddle, Christine M. Friedenreich, Lin Yang   +15 more
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Occupational sedentary behaviour and mental health symptoms among software and IT workers in China: a cross-sectional study using path analysis [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Evidence regarding the association between occupational sedentary behaviour and common mental health symptoms remains limited. As the workplace contributes substantially to daily sedentary time, understanding its association with employees’ mental health
Ming Jin, Michelle Swainson, Abigail Morris   +2 more
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A randomised-controlled feasibility study of the REgulate your SItting Time (RESIT) intervention for reducing sitting time in individuals with type 2 diabetes: study protocol

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2021
Background People with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) generally spend a large amount of time sitting. This increases their risk of cardiovascular disease, premature mortality, diabetes-related complications and mental health problems. There is a paucity
Daniel P. Bailey, Charlotte L. Edwardson, Yannis Pappas, Feng Dong, David J. Hewson, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Marsha L. Brierley, Angel M. Chater   +7 more
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Associations of frailty with partial and absolute sedentary behaviours among older adults: A STROBE-compliant analysis of modifiability by gender and age.

PLoS ONE, 2023
BackgroundResearch shows that frailty is associated with higher sedentary behaviour, but the evidence to date regarding this association is inconclusive.
Nestor Asiamah, Hafiz T A Khan, Cosmos Yarfi, Simon Mawulorm Agyemang, Reginald Arthur-Mensah Jnr, Faith Muhonja, Sarra Sghaier, Kyriakos Kouveliotis   +7 more
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Factors influencing sedentary behaviours after stroke: findings from qualitative observations and interviews with stroke survivors and their caregivers

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Stroke survivors are more sedentary than healthy, age-matched controls, independent of functional capacity. Interventions are needed to encourage a reduction in overall sedentary time, and regular breaks in prolonged periods of sedentary ...
Jennifer Hall, Sarah Morton, Claire F. Fitzsimons, Jessica Faye Hall, Rekesh Corepal, Coralie English, Anne Forster, Rebecca Lawton, Anita Patel, Gillian Mead, David J. Clarke   +10 more
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Sedentary behaviour among older adults residing in flat and hilly neighbourhoods and its association with frailty and chronic disease status

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Living in hilly neighbourhoods can be associated with sedentary behaviour, but no study has compared sedentary behaviour and its associations with frailty, chronic diseases, and poor health between flat and hilly neighbourhoods among older ...
Nestor Asiamah, Simon Mawulorm Agyemang, Edgar Ramos Vieira, Hafiz T. A. Khan, Janvier Gasana   +4 more
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The relationship between sedentary behaviour and physical literacy in Canadian children: a cross-sectional analysis from the RBC-CAPL Learn to Play study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Physical literacy is the foundation of a physically active lifestyle. Sedentary behaviour displays deleterious associations with important health indicators in children.
Travis J. Saunders, Dany J. MacDonald, Jennifer L. Copeland, Patricia E. Longmuir, Joel D. Barnes, Kevin Belanger, Brenda Bruner, Melanie J. Gregg, Nathan Hall, Angela M. Kolen, Barbi Law, Luc J. Martin, Dwayne Sheehan, Michelle R. Stone, Sarah J. Woodruff, Mark S. Tremblay   +15 more
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