Sedentary behavior and public health
The authors present relevant elements of the evidence base and examples of interventions that can inform public health strategies, being mindful that the evidence and its limitations, strengths, and potential…
Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality?
High levels of moderate intensity physical activity (ie, about 60–75 min per day) seem to eliminate the increased risk of death associated with high sitting time. However, this high activity…
Evidence-based intervention in physical activity
Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or emerging interventions…
Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults
Television viewing and physical inactivity are independently associated with risk of obesity. However, how the combination of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours (LTSB) and physical activity (LTPA) may contribute to the…
Too much sitting and all-cause mortality
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…
Replacing sitting time with standing or stepping
Findings suggested that sitting-reduction strategies targeting increased standing, stepping, or both, may benefit cardiometabolic health. Standing is a simple alternative to sitting, and requires further examination in prospective and intervention…
Recommendations for physical activity in older adults
Older adults find it difficult to meet moderate and vigorous exercise targets. Given that a dose-response exists for physical activity and health benefits, Phillip B Sparling and colleagues argue that…
Sedentary behaviour and health
The time that children and adults spend sedentary -put simply, doing too much sitting as distinct from doing too little physical activity -has recently been proposed as a population-wide, ubiquitous…
Reducing occupational sedentary time
Dit is een systematische review en meta-analyse van studies naar het effect van het gebruik van alternatieve (dynamisch en zit-sta) werkplekken in kantoren op zittijd, gezondheidsindicatoren, werkprestatie en aspecten van…
Too much sitting
Even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can compromise metabolic health. TV time and objective-measurement studies show deleterious associations, and breaking up sedentary time is beneficial.…