Striking the right balance: evidence to inform combined physical activity and sedentary behavior recommendations
Background: Crucial evidence gaps regarding: (1) the joint association of physical activity and sedentary time with health outcomes and (2) the benefits of light-intensity physical activity were identified during the…
Muscle strengthening, aerobic exercise, and obesity
A pooled analysis of 1.7 million US adults
Objective: Both aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening exercise are recommended for obesity prevention. However, at the population level, the independent and/or combined associations of these physical activity modalities with obesity…
Is running associated with a lower risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality, and is the more the better?
A systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective: To investigate the association of running participation and the dose of running with the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality. Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Results: Fourteen studies…
Physically active lessons in schools
A systematic review and meta-analysis of effects on physical activity, educational, health and cognition outcomes
Objective: This review provides the first meta-analysis of the effects of physically active lessons on lesson-time and overall physical activity (PA), as well as health, cognition and educational outcomes. Design:…
Associations of vigorous physical activity with all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality among 64 913 adults
Background: Physical activity recommendations state that for the same energy expenditure, moderate-to-vigorous physical activities (MVPAs) produce similar health benefits. However, few epidemiological studies have tested this hypothesis. Design: We examined…
Sitting time, physical activity, and risk of mortality in adults
The purpose of this study was to examine the joint and stratified associations of sitting and MVPA with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, and to estimate the theoretical effect…
Is the time right for quantitative public health guidelines on sitting?
A narrative review of sedentary behaviour research paradigms and findings
Sedentary behaviour (SB) has been proposed as an ‘independent’ risk factor for chronic disease risk, attracting much research and media attention. Many countries have included generic, non-quantitative reductions in SB…
Too much sitting and all-cause mortality
Is there a causal link?
Background: Sedentary behaviours (time spent sitting, with low energy expenditure) are associated with deleterious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality. Whether this association can be considered causal has yet to be…
Standing time and all-cause mortality in a large cohort of Australian adults
Brief original report
Objective. To determine the association between standing time and all-cause mortality. Methods. Prospective questionnaire data from 221,240 individuals from the 45 and Up Study were linked to mortality data from…
Daily sitting time and all-cause mortality
A meta-analysis
Dit is een meta-analyse van studies die zowel dagelijkse zittijd als sterfte in de loop van de tijd gemeten hebben. De conclusies zijn dat een langere dagelijkse zittijd gekoppeld is…