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Correlates of occupational, leisure and total sitting time in working adults: results from the Singapore multi-ethnic cohort

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2017
Background Evidence on the health risks of sitting is accumulating. However, research identifying factors influencing sitting time in adults is limited, especially in Asian populations.
Léonie Uijtdewilligen, Jason Dean-Chen Yin, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider   +3 more
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Self-reported total sitting time on a non-working day is associated with blunted flow-mediated vasodilation and blunted nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation

Scientific Reports, 2022
We divided the 466 subjects into two groups based on information on sitting time on a non-working day and evaluated flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) and nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation (NID).
Takayuki Yamaji, Takahiro Harada, Yu Hashimoto, Yukiko Nakano, Masato Kajikawa, Kenichi Yoshimura, Kazuaki Chayama, Chikara Goto, Yiming Han, Aya Mizobuchi, Farina Mohamad Yusoff, Shinji Kishimoto, Tatsuya Maruhashi, Ayumu Nakashima, Yukihito Higashi   +14 more
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Do walking strategies to increase physical activity reduce reported sitting in workplaces: A randomized control trial [PDF]

, 2009
Background Interventions designed to increase workplace physical activity may not automatically reduce high volumes of sitting, a behaviour independently linked to chronic diseases such as obesity and type II diabetes.
Burton, Nicola W., Cooke, CB, Puig-Ribera, Anna, Burton, NW, Gilson, Nicolas D., Nicholas D Gilson, McKenna, J, Nicola W Burton, Gilson, N., Puig Ribera, Anna, Gilson Nicholas D, McKenna Jim, Wendy J Brown, Gilson, Nicholas D, Gilson, Nicholas D., Brown Wendy J, McKenna, J., Cooke Carlton B, Puig-Ribera, A, Cooke, Carlton B., Burton Nicola W, Brown, WJ, Brown, Wendy J., Brown, W., Burton, N., Puig-Ribera Anna, Gilson, ND, Anna Puig-Ribera, Puig-Ribera, A., Carlton B Cooke, Jim McKenna, McKenna, Jim   +31 more
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Workplace neighbourhood built-environment attributes and sitting at work and for transport among Japanese desk-based workers

Scientific Reports, 2022
Workplace settings—both internal and external—can influence how workers are physically active or sedentary. Although research has identified some indoor environmental attributes associated with sitting at work, few studies have examined associations of ...
Chien-Yu Lin, Mohammad Javad Koohsari, Yung Liao, Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Tomoki Nakaya, Gavin R. McCormack, Nyssa Hadgraft, Takemi Sugiyama, Neville Owen, Koichiro Oka   +10 more
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Associations of sitting accumulation patterns with cardio-metabolic risk biomarkers in Australian adults.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundHigh amounts of time spent sitting can increase cardiovascular disease risk and are deleteriously associated cardio-metabolic risk biomarkers.
John Bellettiere, Elisabeth A H Winkler, Sebastien F M Chastin, Jacqueline Kerr, Neville Owen, David W Dunstan, Genevieve N Healy   +6 more
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Sitting time In adults 65 years and over: Behaviour, knowledge, and intentions to change [PDF]

, 2018
Alley, SJ ORCiD: 0000-0001-9666-5071; Schoeppe, S ORCiD: 0000-0003-1937-876X; Vandelanotte, CL ORCiD: 0000-0002-4445-8094This study examined sitting time, knowledge and intentions to change sitting time in older adults.
De Cocker, Katrien, MJ Duncan (9851174), K De Cocker (9852899), Stephanie Alley (9781514), Rebar, Amanda L, Stephanie Schoeppe (9833171), Jannique G.Z. van Uffelen, De Cocker, K, Amanda L. Rebar, Corneel Vandelanotte (9841796), van Uffelen, JGZ, Alley, S, Katrien De Cocker, Stephanie Schoeppe, JGZ van Uffelen (9868259), Alley, Stephanie, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Stephanie Alley, Corneel Vandelanotte, Amanda Rebar (9806360), Mitch J. Duncan, Duncan, MJ, Schoeppe, S, Duncan, Mitch J, Schoeppe, Stephanie, Vandelanotte, C, van Uffelen, Jannique G. Z., Duncan, Mitch J., Rebar, Amanda L., Rebar, AL, van Uffelen, Jannique GZ   +30 more
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Association of personality on changes in weekday sitting time: cross-sectional and prospective evaluation [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the prospective association of personality typology on changes in sitting (sedentary) time. Methods: Young adults (N = 126; Mage = 21.6 yrs) completed self-report assessments of personality and ...
Joyner, Chelsea, Biddle, Stuart J. H., Loprinzi, Paul D..   +2 more
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Recent trends in population levels and correlates of occupational and leisure sitting time in full-time employed Australian adults.

PLoS ONE, 2018
This study aimed to explore the trend in population levels, as well as the correlates, of occupational and leisure sitting time in full-time employed Australian adults between 2007 and 2015.
Anne Loyen, Tien Chey, Lina Engelen, Adrian Bauman, Jeroen Lakerveld, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Johannes Brug, Josephine Y Chau   +7 more
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Exploring when and how adolescents sit: cross-sectional analysis of activPAL-measured patterns of daily sitting time, bouts and breaks

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background This study describes patterns of adolescents’ objectively-measured sitting volume, sitting bouts, and breaks in sitting during different days and periods of the day, and explored differences by sex and weekdays versus weekend days.
Lauren Arundell, Jo Salmon, Harriet Koorts, Ana Maria Contardo Ayala, Anna Timperio   +4 more
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The use and evaluation of a theory-informed, multi-component intervention to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace

Cogent Psychology, 2017
Occupational sedentary behaviour is a growing health concern which accounts for almost half of overall sedentary behaviour. Multi-component interventions are effective for reducing occupational sedentary behaviour.
Teneale McGuckin, Rebecca Sealey, Fiona Barnett   +2 more
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