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It's not just the television: survey analysis of sedentary behaviour in New Zealand young people [PDF]

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2011
Background Sedentary behaviour has been linked with adverse health outcomes in young people; however, the nature and context of being sedentary is poorly understood.
Foley Louise S, Maddison Ralph, Jiang Yannan, Olds Timothy, Ridley Kate   +4 more
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Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviour following geriatric rehabilitation in older adults with stroke [PDF]

BMC Geriatrics
Background Older adults recovering from stroke engage in low levels of physical activity and spend long periods in sedentary behaviour. Sedentary behaviour during geriatric rehabilitation is still poorly understood.
Jules J. M. Kraaijkamp, Marieke Geerars, Niels H. Chavannes, Wilco P. Achterberg, Eléonore F. van Dam van Isselt, Michiel Punt   +5 more
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Context Mining of Sedentary Behaviour for Promoting Self-Awareness Using a Smartphone [PDF]

Sensors, 2018
Sedentary behaviour is increasing due to societal changes and is related to prolonged periods of sitting. There is sufficient evidence proving that sedentary behaviour has a negative impact on people’s health and wellness.
Muhammad Fahim, Thar Baker, Asad Masood Khattak, Babar Shah, Saiqa Aleem, Francis Chow   +5 more
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Cross-sectional associations between sleep duration, sedentary time, physical activity, and adiposity indicators among Canadian preschool-aged children using compositional analyses [PDF]

, 2017
Background Sleep duration, sedentary behaviour, and physical activity are three co-dependent behaviours that fall on the movement/non-movement intensity continuum.
AG LeBlanc, AL Adolph, B Day, BW Timmons, C Rich, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, CE Boeke, CJ Dobbelsteyn, DP Cliff, JNK Rao, KA Pfeiffer, KF Rust, L Matricciani, LL Moore, M Hirshkowitz, M Kang, Mark S. Tremblay, ME Rosenberger, MF Rolland-Cachera, ML Louzada, MP Buman, MS Tremblay, MS Tremblay, MS Tremblay, MS Tremblay, National Institutes of Health, RA Jones, RC Colley, RC Colley, RP Troiano, S Paruthi, Sebastien F. M. Chastin, SF Chastin, SL Wong, SM Williams, Statistics Canada, T Hinkley, V Carson, V Espana-Romero, Valerie Carson, WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group, X Chen, Z Pedisic   +42 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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Systematic literature review of determinants of sedentary behaviour in older adults:a DEDIPAC study [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Older adults are the most sedentary segment of society and high sedentary time is associated with poor health and wellbeing outcomes in this population.
A Godfrey, AE Bauman, BA Larsen, C Perchoux, CA Celis-Morales, Christoph Buck, D Dyck Van, DJ Ekerdt, E Stamatakis, EG Wilmot, EJ Shiroma, Ellen Freiberger, GN Healy, Grainne O’Donoghue, Greet Cardon, H Du, H Kikuchi, I Barnett, Iris Pigeot, J Cauwenberg Van, J Lakerveld, J Withall, JA Harvey, JA Harvey, JD Berg Van Der, Jean-Michel Oppert, JK Vallance, JK Vallance, Johannes Brug, K Ishii, LFM Rezende De, LM Kmet, M Ory, Marie Murphy, N Owen, N Owen, NY Arnardottir, PM Grant, POW Ku, PT Katzmarzyk, S Chastin, S Dogra, S Kozey-Keadle, S Lord, Sebastien F M Chastin, SFM Chastin, SFM Chastin, SFM Chastin, SK Inouye, T Balboa-Castillo, T Ikezoe, T Sugiyama, TA Glass, TM Manini, U Ekelund, Z Hamrik   +55 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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Editorial for special issue: Advances in sedentary behavior research and translation [PDF]

, 2017
Sedentary behaviour—essentially low energy sitting time in waking hours—has emerged as an important topic in public health over the past decade or so. Although Morris and colleagues [1] analysed health outcomes of active versus seated occupations over 60
Bennie, Jason, Biddle, S. J. H.
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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
doaj   +1 more source