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Evidence of increasing sedentarism in Mexico City during the last decade: Sitting time prevalence, trends, and associations with obesity and diabetes.

PLoS ONE, 2017
IntroductionSedentary behaviors such as sitting time are associated with obesity and diabetes independently of total reported physical activity.
Catalina Medina, Lizbeth Tolentino-Mayo, Ruy López-Ridaura, Simón Barquera   +3 more
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Descriptive study of sedentary behaviours in 35,444 French working adults: cross-sectional findings from the ACTI-Cités study [PDF]

, 2015
International audienceBackground : Given the unfavourable health outcomes associated with sedentary behaviours, there is a need to better understand the context in which these behaviours take place to better address this public health concern.
Aadahl, Mette, Charreire, Hélène, Enaux, Christophe, Hercberg, Serge, Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle, Menai, Mehdi, Oppert, Jean-Michel, Saidj, Madina, Simon, Chantal, Weber, Christiane   +9 more
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Associations of context-specific sitting time with markers of cardiometabolic risk in Australian adults

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background High volumes of sitting time are associated with an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and with adverse cardiometabolic risk profiles.
Paddy C. Dempsey, Nyssa T. Hadgraft, Elisabeth A. H. Winkler, Bronwyn K. Clark, Matthew P. Buman, Paul A. Gardiner, Neville Owen, Brigid M. Lynch, David W. Dunstan   +8 more
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Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle among Diabetes Healthcare Providers in Nigeria: Time to Examine the Examiners [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Diabetes Healthcare Providers (DHPs) are notable advocates of increased Physical Activity (PA) as a veritable means of preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus and related noncommunicable diseases.
Ejiofor Ugwu, Bede Nnolim, David Soyoye, Marcellinus Nkpozi, Joseph Ojobi, Michael Abonyi   +5 more
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Built Environment and Physical Activity among Adults in Hong Kong: Role of Public Leisure Facilities and Street Centrality

Land, 2022
Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, and has been shown to be related to the built environment.
Ting Zhang, Bo Huang, Hung Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Roger Yat-Nork Chung   +4 more
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Dose–response between frequency of interruption of sedentary time and fasting glucose, the dawn phenomenon and night-time glucose in Type 2 diabetes [PDF]

, 2018
Aim: To explore the dose-response between frequency of interruption of sedentary time and basal glucose (fasting glucose, the dawn phenomenon and night-time glucose) in Type 2 diabetes.
Bailey, Bailey, Berg, Bond, Chastin, Cheema, Dempsey, Dempsey, Dunstan, Duvivier, Grant, Hawari, Healy, Helmerhorst, Honda, Johnson, Kanat, Lui, Matthews, Monnier, Monnier, Mudaliar, Nalysnyk, Paing, Porcellati, Riddle, Sardinha, Tanaka, Thomas, Tremblay   +29 more
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Health care costs associated with prolonged sitting and inactivity [PDF]

, 2014
Background Physical inactivity and prolonged sitting are associated with negative health outcomes. Purpose To examine the health-related costs of prolonged sitting and inactivity in middle-aged women.
Brown, Wendy J., Dobson, Annette J., Mishra, Gita D., Peeters, G. M. E. E.(Geeske)   +3 more
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Examining total and domain-specific sedentary behaviour using the socio-ecological model – a cross-sectional study of Irish adults

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Sedentary behaviour (SB) has been linked with detrimental effects on morbidity and mortality. This study aims to identify the individual, social and environmental correlates of total sedentary behaviour and the contexts in which sitting time ...
Gail Nicolson, Catherine Hayes, Catherine Darker   +2 more
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Sitting time and health outcomes among Mexican origin adults: obesity as a mediator [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Sitting time and sedentary behaviors have been associated with adverse health outcomes including obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) within non- Hispanic White populations.
Bondy, Melissa L., De Heer, Hendrik D., Koehly, Laura M., Strong, Larkin L., Wilkinson, Anna V.   +4 more
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Is sitting invisible? Exploring how people mentally represent sitting

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2019
Background Growing evidence suggests that prolonged uninterrupted sitting can be detrimental to health. Much sedentary behaviour research is reliant on self-reports of sitting time, and sitting-reduction interventions often focus on reducing motivation ...
Benjamin Gardner, Stuart Flint, Amanda L. Rebar, Stephen Dewitt, Sahana K. Quail, Helen Whall, Lee Smith   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source