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Associations between daily sitting time and the combinations of lifestyle risk factors in men [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Understanding the reciprocal role that multiple problematic behaviours play in men's health is important for intervention delivery and for reducing the healthcare burden.
Robertson, S. +11 more
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Device-assessed total and prolonged sitting time: associations with anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in adults [PDF]
, 2021 Objective: Assessment of sitting has been challenging and nuances in the length of sitting are often missed. Methods: The present study assessed total, short and prolonged sitting time, and number of breaks from sitting, and their association with ...
J Henson (7708133) +13 more
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Agreement between activPAL and ActiGraph for assessing children's sedentary time
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2012 Background Accelerometers have been used to determine the amount of time that children spend sedentary. However, as time spent sitting may be detrimental to health, research is needed to examine whether accelerometer sedentary cut-points reflect the ...
Ridgers Nicola D +5 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. +31 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +14 more
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Time measurement characterization of stand-to-sit and sit-to-stand transitions by using a smartphone [PDF]
Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2017 The aim of this study is to analyze a common method to measure the acceleration of a daily activity pattern by using a smartphone. In this sense, a numerical approach is proposed to transform the relative acceleration signal, recorded by a triaxial accelerometer, into an acceleration referred to an inertial reference.
González Rojas, Hernán Alberto +4 more
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Patterns of impact resulting from a 'sit less, move more' web-based program in sedentary office employees. [PDF]
, 2015 PURPOSE: Encouraging office workers to 'sit less and move more' encompasses two public health priorities. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting, even less about the longer term effects of ...
Martínez-Lemos Iván +51 more
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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 +10 more
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A survey of sitting time among UK employees [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2014 Sedentary behaviour is a known risk factor for a wide range of chronic diseases. This major health risk is likely to increase given the increasingly sedentary nature of work.To investigate the prevalence of sedentary behaviour in a sample of UK working-aged adults, across a range of employment sectors.A cross-sectional survey conducted with ...
A, Kazi, M, Duncan, S, Clemes, C, Haslam
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