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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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Exploring the context of sedentary behaviour in older adults (what, where, why, when and with whom) [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Older adults are the most sedentary segment of the population. Little information is available about the context of sedentary behaviour to inform guidelines and intervention. There is a dearth of information about when, where to intervene and
AE Bauman, AR Doherty, AR Doherty, Calum F. Leask, Dawn A. Skelton, DE Conroy, Department of Health, E Stamatakis, EG Wilmot, FM Alpass, H Lee, J Kerr, JA Harvey, JA Harvey, JH Harvey, JT Cacioppo, Juliet A. Harvey, KH Pitkala, M Kang, N Owen, NG Healy, P Kelly, PC Hallal, PT Katzmarzyk, S Kozey-Keadle, S Marsh, S Nicolai, SBR Network, Scottish Government, Scottish Government, Sebastien FM Chastin, SFM Chastin, SFM Chastin, SFM Chastin, TM Manini, U Fasbender, W Lauder, World Health Organisation, Y Netz   +38 more
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Personalized modeling for real-time pressure ulcer prevention in sitting posture [PDF]

, 2018
, Ischial pressure ulcer is an important risk for every paraplegic person and a major public health issue. Pressure ulcers appear following excessive compression of buttock's soft tissues by bony structures, and particularly in ischial and sacral bones ...
Bailet, Mathieu, Bucki, Marek, Diot, Bruno, Grivot, Christelle Boichon, Luboz, Vincent, Payan, Yohan, Rochette, Michel   +6 more
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Prolonged sitting time links to subclinical atherosclerosis

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2022
Background: This study investigates the association between daily sitting time and subclinical atherosclerosis by using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). Methods: The study enrolled 203 subjects (age 57.6 ± 8.8 years) who underwent CCTA at annual medical checkups ...
Lim, Su Shen, Huang, Chin-Chou, Hsu, Pai-Feng, Lin, Chung-Chi, Wang, Yuan-Jen, Ding, Yaw-Zon, Liou, Teh-Ling, Wang, Ying-Wen, Huang, Shao-Sung, Lu, Tse-Min, Chen, Jaw-Wen, Chan, Wan-Leong, Lin, Shing-Jong, Leu, Hsin-Bang   +13 more
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Chair Based Measurements of Sitting Behavior a Field Study of Sitting Postures and Sitting Time in Office Work [PDF]

, 2013
In order to understand the relation between prolonged sitting and the relation to health outcome, the behavior while being seated must be studied. A total of 41 office workers participated in a study whilst performing their regular work for eight weeks, whilst sitting on a measuring office chair (Smart Chair). The first two (control) weeks they were
Matthijs P. Netten, L. H. M. van der Doelen, Richard H. M. Goossens   +2 more
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Correlates of Sitting Time in Working Age Australian Women: Who Should Be Targeted With Interventions to Decrease Sitting Time? [PDF]

Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2012
Background:While there is emerging evidence that sedentary behavior is negatively associated with health risk, research on the correlates of sitting time in adults is scarce.Methods:Self-report data from 7724 women born between 1973–1978 and 8198 women born between 1946–1951 were collected as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.
van Uffelen, Jannique, Heesch, Kristiann, Brown, Wendy   +2 more
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Sitting too much: a hierarchy of socio-demographic correlates [PDF]

, 2017
Too much sitting (extended sedentary time) is recognized as a public health concern in Europe and beyond. Time spent sedentary is influenced and conditioned by clusters of individual-level and contextual (upstream) factors.
Anne Loyen, Bauman, Bennie, Biswas, Carel F.W. Peeters, Chastin, Chau, Chau, Ekelund, European Commission, Frank, Greet Cardon, Healy, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Jans, Jeroen Lakerveld, Johannes Brug, Kass, Lakerveld, Lakerveld, Lakerveld, Loyen, Loyen, Martin, Mummery, Nanna Lien, Nina Schotman, O'Donoghue, Owen, Owen, Rhodes, Rosenberg, Saidj, Sebastien Chastin, Sedentary Behavior Network, Shrestha, Sjöström, The IPAQ group, Wewers   +38 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
doaj   +1 more source

Sitting time and step counts in office workers [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2014
Technological advances mean that many adults are now employed in sedentary occupations. Given evidence linking prolonged sitting to chronic disease risk, understanding sitting and physical activity in and outside the workplace may usefully inform effective interventions.To assess sitting time and physical activity during and outside working hours in ...
S A, Clemes, R, Patel, C, Mahon, P L, Griffiths   +3 more
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