Total sitting time and risk of myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease and all-cause mortality in a prospective cohort of Danish adults

CB Petersen, A Bauman, M Grønbæk, JW Helge… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Evidence suggests that sitting time is adversely associated with health risks.
However, previous epidemiological studies have mainly addressed mortality whereas little is …

Differences of energy expenditure while sitting versus standing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Saeidifard, JR Medina-Inojosa… - European journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Replacing sitting with standing is one of several recommendations to decrease
sedentary time and increase the daily energy expenditure, but the difference in energy …

Sedentary behaviour and health: mapping environmental and social contexts to underpin chronic disease prevention

N Owen, J Salmon, MJ Koohsari, G Turrell… - British journal of sports …, 2014 - bjsm.bmj.com
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 …

Sedentary behaviour as an emerging risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases in children and youth

TJ Saunders, JP Chaput, MS Tremblay - Canadian journal of diabetes, 2014 - Elsevier
Sedentary behaviour (eg TV viewing, seated video game playing, prolonged sitting) has
recently emerged as a distinct risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases in children and youth …

Benefits of substituting sitting with standing and walking in free-living conditions for cardiometabolic risk markers, cognition and mood in overweight adults

BMFM Duvivier, NC Schaper, A Koster… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background: We investigated whether substituting sitting with standing and self-perceived
light walking in free-living conditions would improve cardiometabolic risk factors, mood, and …

Relationship of sedentary behavior and physical activity to incident cardiovascular disease: results from the Women's Health Initiative

AK Chomistek, JAE Manson, ML Stefanick, B Lu… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the independent and joint associations of
sitting time and physical activity with risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Controversies in the science of sedentary behaviour and health: insights, perspectives and future directions from the 2018 Queensland Sedentary Behaviour Think …

SJH Biddle, JA Bennie, K De Cocker… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The development in research concerning sedentary behaviour has been rapid over the past
two decades. This has led to the development of evidence and views that have become …

Standing time and all-cause mortality in a large cohort of Australian adults

HP Van der Ploeg, T Chey, D Ding, JY Chau… - Preventive …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Breaking up prolonged sitting reduces resting blood pressure in overweight/obese adults

RN Larsen, BA Kingwell, P Sethi, E Cerin… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim To compare the effect of 7 h of prolonged sitting on resting blood pressure with a similar
duration of sitting combined with intermittent brief bouts of light-intensity or moderate …

Leisure time spent sitting in relation to total mortality in a prospective cohort of US adults

AV Patel, L Bernstein, A Deka… - American journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The obesity epidemic is attributed in part to reduced physical activity. Evidence supports that
reducing time spent sitting, regardless of activity, may improve the metabolic consequences …