Sedentary behavior, as distinct from a lack of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, is an
emerging health risk behavior for the development of chronic diseases. Examples of …

Consistent independent associations have been observed between sitting time/sedentary
behaviors and elevated all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality risk. Generally, these …

Prolonged sitting behaviors are a distinct subset of sedentary behaviors. They include
television viewing, computer and video use, sitting in automobiles, and workplace sitting. I …

Sedentary behavior is highly prevalent despite growing evidence of adverse effects on the
cardiovascular and metabolic system that are independent of the level of recreational …

Moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity has an established preventive role in
cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and some cancers. However, recent …

Even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can
compromise metabolic health. Television (TV) time and objective measurement studies …

Too much sitting is now understood to be a health risk that is additional to, and distinct from,
too little exercise. There is a rapidly-accumulating evidence on relationships of prolonged …

Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that prolonged sitting (sedentary behaviour: time
spent in behaviours that have very low energy expenditure, such as television viewing and …

Sedentary behaviour—put simply, too much sitting, as a distinct concept from too little
exercise—is a novel determinant of cardiovascular risk. This definition provides a …

Background: Daily sitting time may be a risk factor for incident cardiovascular disease
(CVD); however, this has not yet been extensively studied. Our aim was to study the …