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Reconsidering the sedentary behaviour paradigm. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Sedentary behaviour in Australian university students: The contribution of study‐related sedentary behaviour to total sedentary behaviour

open access: yesHealth Promotion Journal of Australia, 2023
AbstractIssue AddressedSeated activities are attributed to increased sedentary behaviour (SB) and adverse health effects, but little is currently known about university students' SB, particularly study‐related SB. This study describes the sociodemographic variations of domain‐specific SB in regional Australian university students and the contribution ...
Casey A. Sutherland   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Sedentary behaviour and disease risk

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
AbstractSedentary behaviour has become the new reference of living, which has paralleled the increase in the prevalence of multiple chronic diseases. Here, we highlight the evidence to date and propose specific topics of interest for the Collection at BMC Public Health, titled “Sedentary behaviour and disease risk”.
Joseph Henson   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Sedentary behaviour and sleep quality

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
AbstractHigh-quality sleep is an important factor in sustaining health and improving well-being. Previous evidence has demonstrated the positive associations between increased physical activity and reduced sedentary behaviour (SB) with sleep quality. The substitutional relationships between SB, light-intensity physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to ...
Mohammad Javad Koohsari   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Sedentary Behaviour and Ageing

open access: yes, 2023
This chapter focuses on the prevalence and amount of sedentary behaviour in older adults with a range of functional limitations, distinguishing the differences between those who live independently with those who live in residential settings or who are subject to enforced sedentary behaviour, such as those in hospital.
Skelton, Dawn   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Not all sedentary behaviour is equal: Children’s adiposity and sedentary behaviour volumes, patterns and types [PDF]

open access: yesObesity Research & Clinical Practice, 2018
The importance of different constructs of sedentary behaviours in relation to childhood obesity is uncertain. Thus, this study aimed to investigate relationships between volume, patterns and types of sedentary behaviour and adiposity in children.A case-control study was undertaken involving 234 children aged 10-13years who were either of a healthy ...
Rima N. Shakir   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Beyond “#endpjparalysis”, tackling sedentary behaviour in health care [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Reducing sedentary behaviour after hospitalization starts with reducing sedentary behaviour whilst in hospital. Although we have eradicated immobilisation as a therapeutic tool due to its potent detrimental effects, it is still in systemic use within ...
Chastin, Sebastien F.M.   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

Exploring adults’ experiences of sedentary behaviour and participation in non-workplace interventions designed to reduce sedentary behaviour: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

open access: yesBMC 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   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interventions for reducing sedentary behaviour in community-dwelling older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To identify the effects and assess the effectiveness of interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour (total sedentary time and the pattern of accumulation of sedentary
Adams   +44 more
core   +2 more sources

Exploring the context of sedentary behaviour in older adults (what, where, why, when and with whom) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Older adults are the most sedentary segment of the population. Little information is available about the context of sedentary behaviour to inform guidelines and intervention. There is a dearth of information about when, where to intervene and
AE Bauman   +38 more
core   +3 more sources

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