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Efficacy of interventions that use apps to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Health and fitness applications (apps) have gained popularity in interventions to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours but their efficacy is unclear.
Alley, Stephanie, Bray, Nicola A, Duncan, Mitch J, Schoeppe, Stephanie, Van Lippevelde, Wendy, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Williams, Susan L   +6 more
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Supervised exercise training and increased physical activity to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Study protocol for a randomized controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects up to 20% of women and is characterised by higher amounts of visceral fat, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and reproductive and cardiometabolic complications.
Broom, David, Dalton, Caroline, Klonizakis, Markos, Metwally, M., Woodward, A.   +4 more
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Targeting sedentary behaviour

, 2022
During the last decades, Western societies live in an environment that is characterized by passive forms of transportation, sedentary jobs and modern communication techniques. These changes have contributed to a predominantly physically inactive lifestyle in which a vast majority of our waking hours is spent in a seated position.
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Older adults’ construal of sedentary behaviour: Implications for reducing sedentary behaviour in older adult populations [PDF]

Journal of Health Psychology, 2020
Older adults are the most sedentary age group, with sedentary behaviour having negative health-related consequences. There is currently limited understanding of how older adults view sedentary behaviour. This study investigated older adults’ understanding of the concept of sedentary behaviour.
McGowan, Laura J, Powell, Rachael, French, David P   +2 more
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Correlates of sedentary behaviour among adolescents and adults with hazardous, harmful or dependent drinking in South Africa

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2019
Background: There is lack of information on the correlates of sedentary behaviour among persons with alcohol use disorders. The study aimed to examine socio-demographic and health correlates among adolescents and adults with hazardous, harmful or ...
Karl Peltzer, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Supa Pengpid   +2 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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Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and smoking status among psychiatric patients in Singapore – a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry, 2021
Background Unhealthy behaviours such as physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour and smoking have been found to be more prevalent in people with psychiatric disorders than in the general population, leading to increased mortality risk.
Vanessa Seet, Edimansyah Abdin, P. V. Asharani, Ying Ying Lee, Kumarasan Roystonn, Peizhi Wang, Fiona Devi, Laxman Cetty, Wen Lin Teh, Swapna Verma, Yee Ming Mok, Mythily Subramaniam   +11 more
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Co-creating a tailored public health intervention to reduce older adults’ sedentary behaviour [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: The increasing health care costs associated with an ageing population and chronic disease burden are largely attributable to modifiable lifestyle factors that are complex and vary between individuals and settings.
Chastin, Sebastien F.M., Leask, Calum, Sandlund, Marlene, Skelton, Dawn A.   +3 more
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Sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and renal function in older adults: isotemporal substitution modelling

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour (too much sitting) can contribute to renal dysfunction. However, the potential benefits of behavioural change (e.g.
Keisei Kosaki, Koichiro Tanahashi, Masahiro Matsui, Nobuhiko Akazawa, Yosuke Osuka, Kiyoji Tanaka, David W. Dunstan, Neville Owen, Ai Shibata, Koichiro Oka, Seiji Maeda   +10 more
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Duration and breaks in sedentary behaviour: Accelerometer data from 1566 community-dwelling older men (British Regional Heart Study) [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Sedentary behaviours are increasingly recognised as raising risk of CVD events, diabetes and mortality, independently of physical activity (PA) levels. However, little is known about patterns of sedentary behaviour in older adults.
Jefferis, B, Lee, IM, Sartini, C, Shiroma, E, Wannamethee, G, Whincup, PH   +5 more
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