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The influence of minimum sitting period of the ActivPAL™ on the measurement of breaks in sitting in young children. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Sitting time and breaks in sitting influence cardio-metabolic health. New monitors (e.g. activPAL™) may be more accurate for measurement of sitting time and breaks in sitting although how to optimize measurement accuracy is not yet clear. One
Zubaida Alghaeed, John J Reilly, Sebastien F M Chastin, Anne Martin, Gwyneth Davies, James Y Paton   +5 more
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Effect of Prolonged Sitting and Breaks in Sitting Time on Endothelial Function [PDF]

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2015
Sitting time (ST) is associated with cardiovascular disease risk factors, whereas breaking ST has been reported to be beneficial for reducing cardiovascular risk.The objective of this study is to examine the effects of breaking ST on superficial femoral artery (SFA) endothelial function.1) Prolonged sitting would induce endothelial dysfunction and ...
Thosar, Saurabh S., Bielko, Sylvanna L., Mather, Kieren J., Johnston, Jeanne D., Wallace, Janet P.   +4 more
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Total and domain‐specific sitting time among employees in desk‐based work settings in Australia [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: To describe the total and domain‐specific daily sitting time among a sample of Australian office‐based employees. Methods: In April 2010, paper‐based surveys were provided to desk‐based employees (n=801) in Victoria, Australia. Total daily and
Jason A. Bennie, Zeljko Pedisic, Anna Timperio, David Crawford, David Dunstan, Adrian Bauman, Jannique van Uffelen, Jo Salmon   +7 more
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Workplace sitting is associated with self-reported general health and back/neck pain: a cross-sectional analysis in 44,978 employees

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Total sitting time is associated with a higher risk for cardio metabolic disease and mortality, while breaks in prolonged sitting attenuate these effects.
Lena V. Kallings, Victoria Blom, Björn Ekblom, Tobias Holmlund, Jane Salier Eriksson, Gunnar Andersson, Peter Wallin, Elin Ekblom-Bak   +7 more
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Intervening to reduce workplace sitting time: how and when do changes to sitting time occur? [PDF]

British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2014
ObjectiveTo investigate how and when changes in workplace sitting time occurred following a workplace intervention to inform evaluation of intervention success.MethodThe 4-week Stand Up Comcare study (June–September 2011) aimed to reduce workplace sitting time via regularly interrupting and replacing sitting time throughout the day.
Stephens, Samantha, Winkler, Elizabeth, Trost, Stewart, Dunstan, David, Eakin, Elizabeth, Chastin, Sebastien, Healy, Genevieve   +6 more
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Assessing Sitting Across Contexts: Development of the Multicontext Sitting Time Questionnaire [PDF]

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
To describe the development and preliminary evaluation of the Multicontext Sitting Time Questionnaire (MSTQ).During development of the MSTQ, contexts and domains of sitting behavior were utilized as recall cues to improve the accuracy of sitting assessment.
Geoffrey P, Whitfield, Kelley K Pettee, Gabriel, Harold W, Kohl   +2 more
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Combined association of physical activity and sitting time with cardiometabolic risk factors in Chilean adults

Scientific Reports, 2023
In this study we examined the combined association of physical activity and sitting time with cardiometabolic risk factors in adults in Chile. This is a cross-sectional study based on 3201 adults aged from 18 to 98 years from the Chilean National Health ...
Esteban Estrada-Saldaña, Adilson Marques, Danilo R. Silva, Claudio Farías‑Valenzuela, Paloma Ferrero‑Hernández, Juan Guzman-Habinger, Leandro F. M. Rezende, Gerson Ferrari   +7 more
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Are temporal patterns of sitting associated with obesity among blue-collar workers? A cross sectional study using accelerometers

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Little is known about associations of temporal patterns of sitting (i.e., distribution of sitting across time) with obesity. We aimed investigating the association between temporal patterns of sitting (long, moderate and brief uninterrupted ...
Nidhi Gupta, David M. Hallman, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Mette Aadahl, Marie Birk Jørgensen, Andreas Holtermann   +5 more
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Work-related correlates of occupational sitting in a diverse sample of employees in Midwest metropolitan cities [PDF]

, 2017
The worksite serves as an ideal setting to reduce sedentary time. Yet little research has focused on occupational sitting, and few have considered factors beyond the personal or socio-demographic level.
Brownson, Ross C, Dodson, Elizabeth A, Hipp, J. Aaron, Lee, Jung Ae, Marx, Christine M, Tabak, Rachel G, Yang, Lin   +6 more
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Sitting, standing and moving during work and leisure among male and female office workers of different age: a compositional data analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Gendered patterns of physical activity behaviours may help explaining health inequalities between men and women. However, evidence on such patterns in the working population is sparse. This study aimed at documenting and comparing compositions
Elin Johansson, Svend Erik Mathiassen, Charlotte Lund Rasmusse, David M. Hallman   +3 more
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