'Bring Your Own Device': Considering potential risks to student health

MK Merga - Health Education Journal, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and context: Schools in Australia and internationally are increasingly adopting
a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) approach to teaching and learning. The review: While …

Transition from physical activity to inactivity increases skeletal muscle miR‐148b content and triggers insulin resistance

C Gastebois, S Chanon, S Rome, C Durand… - Physiological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated miR‐148b as a potential physiological actor of physical inactivity‐
induced effects in skeletal muscle. By using animal and human protocols, we demonstrated …

“GET-UP” study rationale and protocol: a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of reduced sitting on toddlers' cognitive development

R Santos, DP Cliff, SJ Howard, SL Veldman, IM Wright… - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background The educational and cognitive differences associated with low socioeconomic
status begin early in life and tend to persist throughout life. Coupled with the finding that …

[HTML][HTML] Sedentary behavior in people with and without a chronic health condition: how much, what and when?

LK Lewis, T Hunt, MT Williams, C English… - AIMS public …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose To describe sedentary behaviors (duration, bouts and context) in people with and
without a chronic health condition. Methods Design: Secondary analysis of two cross …

SCAPIS pilot study: sitness, fitness and fatness—is sedentary time substitution by physical activity equally important for everyone's markers of glucose regulation?

E Ekblom-Bak, Ö Ekblom… - … of Physical Activity …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: Although moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is mainly
recommended for glucose control, light physical activity (LIPA) may also have the potential …

Designing a culturally appropriate visually enhanced low-text mobile health app promoting physical activity for Latinos: a qualitative study

MS Bender, S Martinez… - Journal of transcultural …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Rapid proliferation of smartphone ownership and use among Latinos offers a unique
opportunity to employ innovative visually enhanced low-text (VELT) mobile health …

The types and levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour of Senior Phase learners in Potchefstroom

D Coetzee, D Du Toit, JCW De Vos - health sa gesondheid, 2016 - journals.co.za
Background: Worldwide, the health risks of decreasing physical activity levels and
increasing sedentary behaviour among adolescents are a raising concern. Objective: To …

[HTML][HTML] Where to sit? type of sitting matters for the Framingham cardiovascular risk score

H Wennman, T Vasankari, K Borodulin - AIMS public health, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Current evidence on associations of type-specific sedentary behavior with
cardiovascular disease (CVD) is limited to mainly screen-time sedentary behavior (SB). We …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence and risk factors for sedentary behavior among Malaysian adults

AT Jamil, NM Rosli, A Ismail, IB Idris… - Malays J Public Health …, 2016 - academia.edu
This paper aims to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with sedentary
behavior among Malaysian adults. This study analyzed data from the National Health …

A latent profile analysis of drinking patterns among nonstudent emerging adults

C Lau-Barraco, AL Braitman, AL Stamates… - Addictive …, 2016 - Elsevier
Research indicates that nonstudent emerging adults, as compared to their college-attending
peers, are at higher risk for experiencing alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use …