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

Sedentary behaviour is associated with deleterious health outcomes, which differ from those
that can be attributed to a lack of moderate to vigorous physical activity. This has led to the …

Those who do not exercise have by convention been termed sedentary. However, this is no
longer an adequate perspective. Recent epidemiologic evidence suggests that the …

The terminology used for monitoring and promoting physical activity and exercise among
health and fitness professionals varies considerably. There is a large array of descriptor …

Background—Television viewing time, the predominant leisure-time sedentary behavior, is
associated with biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk, but its relationship with mortality has not …

Purpose To examine the relationship between two sedentary behaviors (riding in car and
watching television) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in men in the Aerobics …

The extent to which light-intensity physical activity contributes to health in older adults is not
well known. The authors examined associations between physical activity across the …

Perhaps the greatest barriers to achieving major public health advances in the 21st century
will result from pandemic paradigm paralysis or the widespread inability to envision …

Background: Sedentary behavior (prolonged sitting or reclining characterized by low energy
expenditure) is associated with adverse cardiometabolic profiles and premature …

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a generic technique to robustly quantify
the pattern of sedentary behaviour from objective records. The technique was applied to four …