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Is Sitting Time a Strong Predictor of Weight Gain? [PDF]

Current Obesity Reports, 2012
The current review aimed to examine the evidence on prospective associations between sedentary behavior (i.e., sitting time) and weight gain. Prospective studies published between January 2010 and August 2012 were identified from searches in the Medline databases.
Kolle, Elin, Ekelund, Ulf
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Reducing Sitting Time in Obese Older Adults: The I-STAND Randomized Controlled Trial

, 2020
BACKGROUND: The authors tested the efficacy of the “I-STAND” intervention for reducing sitting time, a novel and potentially health-promoting approach, in older adults with obesity. METHODS: The authors recruited 60 people (mean age = 68 ± 4.9 years, 68%
Arterburn, David E., Renz, Anne, Matson, Therea E., Anderson, Melissa L., Kerr, Jacqeline, Rosenberg, Dori E., Matson, Theresa E., Kerr, Jacqueline, Lee, Amy K., McClure, Jennifer B., Gardiner, Paul A., Greenwood-Hickman, Mikael Anne   +11 more
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Can the bias of self-reported sitting time be corrected? A statistical model validation study based on data from 23 993 adults in the Norwegian HUNT study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2023
Background Despite apparent shortcomings such as measurement error and low precision, self-reported sedentary time is still widely used in surveillance and research.
Atle Kongsvold, Mats Flaaten, Aleksej Logacjov, Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno, Kerstin Bach, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen, Paul Jarle Mork   +6 more
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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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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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Nurse Educators’ Occupational and Leisure Sitting Time [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2016
Prolonged sitting time (ST) is a risk factor for all-cause mortality, independent of physical activity. Nurse educators are particularly at risk due to limited physical activity, older age, and the increasing use of computers. This descriptive correlational study was designed to explore the ST of nurse educators in relation to their self-reported ...
Lizbeth P, Sturgeon, Dawn, Garrett-Wright, Eve, Main, Donna, Blackburn, M Susan, Jones   +4 more
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Are the different cut-off points for sitting time associated with excess weight in adults? A population based study in Latin America

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Excess weight is increasing worldwide, and in Latin America more than half of the population is excess weight. One of the reasons for this increase has been excessive sitting time.
Eduardo Rossato de Victo, Irina Kovalskys, Mauro Fisberg, Georgina Gómez, Attilio Rigotti, Lilia Yadira Cortés, Martha Yépez García, Rossina G. Pareja, Marianella Herrera-Cuenca, Dirceu Solé, Clemens Drenowatz, Adilson Marques, Gerson Ferrari   +12 more
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The Regulate your Sitting Time (RESIT) intervention for reducing sitting time in individuals with type 2 diabetes: findings from a randomised-controlled feasibility trial. [PDF]

Diabetol Metab Syndr
Background Reducing and breaking up sitting is recommended for optimal management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Yet, there is limited evidence of interventions targeting these outcomes in individuals with this condition.
Brierley ML, Chater AM, Edwardson CL, Castle EM, Hunt ER, Biddle SJ, Sisodia R, Bailey DP.   +7 more
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FTO association and interaction with time spent sitting [PDF]

International Journal of Obesity, 2015
Multiple studies have revealed an interaction between a variant in the FTO gene and self-reported physical activity on body mass index (BMI). Physical inactivity, such as time spent sitting (TSS) has recently gained attention as an important risk factor for obesity and related diseases.
Klimentidis, Yann C., Arora, Amit, Chougule, Akshay, Zhou, Jin, Raichlen, David   +4 more
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Is objectively measured sitting time associated with low back pain? A cross-sectional investigation in the NOMAD study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundStudies on the association between sitting time and low back pain (LBP) have found contrasting results. This may be due to the lack of objectively measured sitting time or because socioeconomic confounders were not considered in the analysis ...
Nidhi Gupta, Caroline Stordal Christiansen, David M Hallman, Mette Korshøj, Isabella Gomes Carneiro, Andreas Holtermann   +5 more
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