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Sedentary time of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risk groups and pre-pandemic predictors using cross-sectional and longitudinal data

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe present study aimed to (1) assess and compare sedentary time (ST) of university students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) examine risk groups with regard to ST and the “extent of change” in ST (from before to during the pandemic)
Sebastian Heller, Kristin Kalo, Antonia M. Werner, Laura Eisenbarth, Jennifer L. Reichel, Lina M. Mülder, Markus Schäfer, Stephan Letzel, Perikles Simon, Thomas Rigotti, Thomas Rigotti, Pavel Dietz   +11 more
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Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting with Physical Activity Breaks on Blood Glucose, Insulin and Triacylglycerol Measures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Sports Medicine, 2019
Background Physical activity (PA) breaks in sitting time might attenuate metabolic markers relevant to the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Objectives The primary aim of this paper was to systematically review and meta-analyse trials that compared the ...
Roland Loh, E. Stamatakis, Dirk Folkerts, J. Allgrove, H. Moir   +4 more
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Worldwide surveillance of self-reported sitting time: a scoping review

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background Prolonged sitting time is a risk factor for chronic disease, yet recent global surveillance is not well described. The aims were to clarify: (i) the countries that have collected country-level data on self-reported sitting time; (ii) the ...
M. Mclaughlin, A. Atkin, L. Starr, A. Hall, L. Wolfenden, R. Sutherland, J. Wiggers, A. Ramírez, P. Hallal, M. Pratt, B. Lynch, K. Wijndaele, S. Adli, P. Gardiner, Ciaran Doyle, A. Meadows, R. Mabry, Alberto Florez Pregonero, K. Sadarangani, Nyssa T. Hadgraft, T. Boyle, N. A. Farias, J. Mair, Siosaia F. Hafoka, G. Mielke, S. Lin, Vienna R. McLeod, C. Ranasinghe, Paul C. Storning, Ing-Mari Dohrn, Falk Müller-Riemenschnieder, Lyutha K. Al Subhi, Anne Chu Hin Yee, M. Gad, A. Marques, E. Kontostoli   +35 more
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Acute arterial stiffness responses to on-ball balance exercises in young and middle-aged adults: Role of posture and cumulative effects

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
Objective: To examine the acute arterial stiffness changes after maintaining one bout of balance on Swiss ball using different postures in young and middle-aged adults, and to evaluate the cumulative exposure effects on arterial stiffness after multiple ...
Wei Chen, Gaofan Miao, Yanfei Xv, Zhixiong Zhou, Weili Zhu   +4 more
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The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background There is increasing concern about the time people spend in sedentary behaviour, including screen time, leisure and occupational sitting. The number of both primary research studies (published trials) and reviews has been growing rapidly in ...
P. Nguyen, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Dieu Nguyen, Lan Gao, D. Dunstan, M. Moodie   +5 more
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Work-related physical activity among adults in Germany [PDF]

Journal of Health Monitoring, 2017
In GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS the prevalence of work-related physical activity was estimated based on respondents’ self-reported data. 47.5% of women and 47.2% of men mostly sit or stand during work.
Jonas D. Finger, Gert B. M. Mensink, Cornelia Lange, Kristin Manz   +3 more
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Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and its longitudinal association with physical activity and sedentary behavior

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2022
OBJECTIVE: Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected many workers’ daily life and possibly their physical activity behavior. We studied the longitudinal association of working from home during the pandemic with physical activity and ...
Bette Loef, Sandra H van Oostrom, Maaike van der Noordt, Lifelines Corona Research initiative, Karin I Proper   +4 more
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Sick of sitting [PDF]

Diabetologia, 2015
Sitting too much kills. Epidemiological, physiological and molecular data suggest that sedentary lifestyle can explain, in part, how modernity is associated with obesity, more than 30 chronic diseases and conditions and high healthcare costs. Excessive sitting--sitting disease--is not innate to the human condition.
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Comparison of inspiratory and expiratory lung and lobe volumes among supine, standing, and sitting positions using conventional and upright CT

Scientific Reports, 2020
Currently, no clinical studies have compared the inspiratory and expiratory volumes of unilateral lung or of each lobe among supine, standing, and sitting positions. In this prospective study, 100 asymptomatic volunteers underwent both low-radiation-dose
Yoshitake Yamada, Minoru Yamada, S. Chubachi, Yoichi Yokoyama, S. Matsuoka, A. Tanabe, Yuki Niijima, M. Murata, K. Fukunaga, M. Jinzaki   +9 more
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Occupational Sitting Time, Leisure Physical Activity, and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

JAMA Network Open
Key Points Question What are the health outcomes associated with prolonged occupational sitting in the context of various levels of physical activity among apparently healthy individuals? Findings In this cohort study involving 481 688 individuals over a
Wayne Gao, M. Sanna, Yea-Hung Chen, Min-Kuang Tsai, Chi-Pang Wen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source