• Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours such as a lack of physical activity (PA) and high levels of sedentary behaviour (sitting) likely contribute to this elevated risk. (le.ac.uk)
  • The current study investigated levels of sedentary behaviour and the effect on health in 278 patients with coronary artery disease. (escardio.org)
  • Inadequate data exists on the current prevalence of preschool children's levels of sedentary behaviour, and various measurement and analytic issues hamper comparison of findings between studies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This risk was two times higher in those with high levels of sedentary behaviour. (bvsalud.org)
  • Abdominal obesity was significantly associated with gender and high levels of sedentary behaviour, regardless of confounding factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • Other issues that may affect the results surrounding this method for children and adolescents includes their age, sex, ethnicity muscle and bone mass, their height as well as their sexual maturation levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • Adolescents' engage in new behaviours such as substance use and change others, such as reducing physical activity. (researchgate.net)
  • Adolescents with abdominal obesity had higher values of body weight, height, body mass index and sedentary behaviour compared to eutrophic individuals. (bvsalud.org)
  • Health-enhancing physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents. (fecyt.es)
  • Screen time and physical activity behaviours are associated with health-related quality of life in Australian adolescents. (edu.au)
  • Associations between activity-related behaviours and standardized BMI among Australian adolescents. (edu.au)
  • A study has found sedentary time in adolescents may increase heart size three times more than moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • On average, adolescents spent almost 8 hours/day sedentary and about 49 minutes/day in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in this new study. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Internet and computer use are increasingly common leisure-time sedentary behaviors, which have the potential to impact negatively on health outcomes. (jmir.org)
  • Participants (2650 adults living in Adelaide, Australia) completed a mail-back questionnaire including items on their height and weight, past seven day recall of leisure-time physical activity, Internet and computer use, and other leisure-time sedentary behaviors. (jmir.org)
  • With sedentary behavior increasing in prevalence, longer-term studies of similar interventions to reduce and break up sitting time are warranted. (lww.com)
  • Sedentary behavior in preschoolers: How many days of accelerometer monitoring is needed? (sc.edu)
  • Association between objectively measured sedentary behavior and body mass index in preschool children. (sc.edu)
  • From Intention to Actions: A Theory of Planned Behavior, en J. Kuhl and J. Beckmann (eds) Action-Control: From Cognition to Behaviour, 11-39. (fecyt.es)
  • Reallocating Time from Sedentary Behavior to Light and Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity: What Has a Stronger Association with Adiposity in Older Adult Women? (mdpi.com)
  • Patients with rheumatoid arthritis spend most of their daily hours in sedentary behavior (sitting), a predisposing factor to poor health-related outcomes and all-cause mortality. (edu.au)
  • Findings will be of scientific and clinical relevance with the potential to inform new prescriptions focused on reducing sedentary behavior, a modifiable risk factor that thus far has been overlooked in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. (edu.au)
  • Yet, recent literature has suggested that fathers uniquely influence their children's lifestyle behaviours, and hence could also affect their weight status, but this has not yet been scientifically proven. (ugent.be)
  • Therefore, the present study aimed to determine whether the association between fathers' weight status and their children's weight status is mediated by fathers' and children's movement behaviours (i.e. physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST)). Methods: Cross-sectional data of 899 European fathers and their children were analyzed. (ugent.be)
  • Fathers/male caregivers (mean age = 43.79 +/- 5.92 years, mean BMI = 27.08 +/- 3.95) completed a questionnaire assessing their own and their children's (mean age = 8.19 +/- 0.99 years, 50.90% boys, mean BMIzscore = 0.44 +/- 1.07) movement behaviours. (ugent.be)
  • Objective: To investigate relationships between preschool-aged children's body size and physiccal activity, exposure to television (TV), and parental body size. (scirp.org)
  • The correlates of preschool children's sedentary behaviours are multi-dimensional and not well established. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further research is required to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the influences on preschool children's sedentary behaviours to better inform the development of interventions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Furthermore, accreditation and control group differences in change of children's body mass index (BMI) Z-scores or cognitive development as well as educators' perceptions of the primary outcomes were explored. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Though these state and provincial policies exist in various jurisdictions, internationally little is known regarding the effectiveness of these policies in changing children's behaviours [ 14 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 25 ) Programs that combine nutrition and physical activity seem to be more effective at reducing children's body weight than those that focus on physical activity alone. (harvard.edu)
  • In publishing its research report in July 2004, Ofcom concluded that advertising had a modest, direct effect on children's food choices and a larger but unquantifiable indirect effect on children's food preferences, consumption and behaviour. (who.int)
  • The associations of gender, age, educational level, body mass index, smoking status, dietary habits, physical activity and sedentary behaviour with the discrepancies between self-measured and objectively measured WC were analysed using independents t-test and one-way ANOVA. (nih.gov)
  • Body Mass Index (BMI, in kg/m(2)) was calculated based on self-reported (fathers) and objectively measured (children) height and weight. (ugent.be)
  • 1Prince SA, Blanchard CM, Grace SL, Reid RD. Objectively-measured sedentary time and its association with markers of cardiometabolic health and fitness among cardiac rehabilitation graduates. (escardio.org)
  • Composition of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviour participation across the school-day, influence of gender and weight status: cross-sectional analyses among disadvantaged Victorian school children. (edu.au)
  • Such interruptions to sitting time have been variably defined, but generally involve either a standing interruption to extended sedentary time and/or ambulation (i.e., 'active' interruption). (nature.com)
  • The objective is to examine associations of leisure-time Internet and computer use with overweight and obesity, leisure-time physical activity, and other sedentary behaviors. (jmir.org)
  • These findings suggest that, apart from nutritional and physical activity interventions, it may also be necessary to decrease time spent in sedentary behaviors, such as leisure-time Internet and computer use, in order to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity. (jmir.org)
  • To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity and the sociodemographic factors and lifestyle risk behaviours associated with obesity among in-school children in Al Buraimi Governorate, Oman. (who.int)
  • There is a need for effective health promotion programmes targeting in-school children in Oman, as well as regular monitoring of lifestyle behaviours associated with overweight and obesity among the younger populations. (who.int)
  • Although smoking has been declining in many OECD countries, unhealthy diets, sedentary lifestyles, hazardous alcohol use and other risk factors have spread widely, driving non-communicable diseases and mortality. (oecd.org)
  • Our results call for public health interventions to reduce physical inactivity and SB in Australia, particularly among the subgroups at the highest risk of these unhealthy behaviours. (edu.au)
  • We assumed they would be less sedentary but they spent the majority of their day sitting. (escardio.org)
  • Does SuperPark Make Children Less Sedentary? (mdpi.com)
  • We examined the association between multiple risk behaviours at age 16 years and outcomes in early adulthood. (researchgate.net)
  • Primary outcomes: sedentary behaviour and PA, assessed over 7 days using an activPAL3 inclinometer. (le.ac.uk)
  • Sedentary behaviour has been linked with a number of health outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sedentary behaviour (predominantly in the form of television viewing) has been shown to be associated with a number of health outcomes, even in preschool-aged (roughly 3-5 years) children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, preschool children spend significant proportions of their waking time being sedentary, and may be at risk of undesirable health outcomes as a result. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study quantified activity and sedentary behaviour in older, community-dwelling adults. (northumbria.ac.uk)
  • Background: The current Australia's Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines recommend that adults engage in regular moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) and strength training (ST), and minimise time spent in sedentary behaviours (SB). (edu.au)
  • The aim of this study was to examine the associations between the composition of daily movement behaviours (including sleep, sedentary time (ST), light intensity physical activity (LIPA) and moderate-to-vigorous activity (MVPA)) and cardio-metabolic health, in a cross-sectional analysis of adults with pre-diabetes. (unav.edu)
  • Interruptions to time spent sitting can ameliorate detrimental metabolic-health consequences of high volumes of sedentary time, but their potential mental health benefits have not been examined. (nature.com)
  • and very often) of interruptions (every 30 min) to sedentary time. (nature.com)
  • Logistic regression models assessed associations of sedentary time, and the frequency of interruptions to sedentary time, with depression/anxiety symptoms. (nature.com)
  • Compared to those in the lowest sedentary time category, those in the medium and high categories had 1.52 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.40-1.66) and 3.11 (95% CI = 2.82-3.42) higher odds of frequent depression/anxiety symptoms, respectively. (nature.com)
  • Compared to those who never/rarely interrupted their sedentary time, those who reported interruptions sometimes, often and very often had 0.72 (95% CI = 0.65-0.80), 0.59 (95% CI = 0.53-0.65), and 0.53 (95% CI = 0.46-0.59) lower odds of depression/anxiety symptoms, respectively. (nature.com)
  • In stratified analyses, more frequent interruptions to sedentary time were associated with lower odds of depression/anxiety symptoms, except among those in the lowest interruptions categories (never/25% of the time). (nature.com)
  • The pernicious health effects of this ubiquitous behaviour has led to significant changes in physical activity recommendations, which now recognise the importance of reducing sedentary time in addition to maintaining adequate levels of daily physical activity 3 , 7 . (nature.com)
  • In a meta-analysis, compared to non-occasional/occasional sedentary behaviour, the risk of depression related to the highest categories of sedentary time was 31% higher over 13 cross-sectional studies, and 14% higher over 11 prospective studies 10 . (nature.com)
  • However, there were no significant differences between the groups for either the total time spent sitting, or the number or duration of prolonged sedentary events. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), CRF (20 m shuttle-run) and sedentary time were measured for 105 children (categorized as normal, overweight, obese). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Participants with low leisure-time Internet and computer use had the highest levels of educational attainment and employment, and engaged in less other sedentary behaviors when compared to participants with no or high Internet and computer use. (jmir.org)
  • Energy imbalance has resulted from the changes in food type, availability, affordability and marketing, as well as a decline in physical activity, with more time being spent on screen-based and sedentary leisure activities. (who.int)
  • Conversely, inactivity, often classified using sedentary behaviours such as television (TV) watching time, has been linked with increased body size in young children [8-12]. (scirp.org)
  • However, several studies have observed that the association between sedentary behaviour and all-cause mortality could be modified, depending on the duration of time spent in MVPA [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Interestingly, large cohort studies suggested that spending more than 60 min per day in MVPA could beneficially modify (attenuate or even eliminate) the associations between time spent in sedentary behaviour with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality [ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The large variation of time spent in MVPA necessary to mitigate the association between sedentary behaviour and all-cause mortality partly originates from the fact that these studies relied on self-reported data, differences in health status and fitness level of the participants and the use of hip or wrist worn accelerometers to assess MVPA and sedentary behaviour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • body mass index (BMI): 27.7 (19.6, 43.4) kg/m(2)) provided objective information on sedentary and non-sedentary time. (le.ac.uk)
  • Next they looked at whether the amount of time a person spent being sedentary (which was mainly sitting) was related to these markers of health. (escardio.org)
  • Sedentary time may be another area of focus for cardiac rehabilitation programmes along with exercise. (escardio.org)
  • As preschool children spend such a large proportion of their time being sedentary, it is important to examine the factors which influence those behaviours. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Identification of modifiable correlates will allow researchers to target those correlates when developing interventions to reduce time spent being sedentary. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The primary objective of this study was to examine if changes for in-care physical activity and sedentary time (ST) differed between centres in and around Edmonton, Alberta after implementing the new accreditation standards and non-accredited control centres in and around Ottawa, Ontario. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Participants wore a wrist accelerometer for 7 days to assess sedentary time, sedentary bout duration and time spent in very light, light-to-moderate and moderate-to-vigorous physical activities. (karger.com)
  • Researchers explored the associations of sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with cardiac structure and function. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • There has been a gap in knowledge on the effect of sedentary time and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on cardiac structure and function in large adolescent populations due to the scarcity of device-measured movement behaviour and echocardiography assessment in the pediatric population. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Andrew Agbaje, Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, said: "This novel evidence extends our knowledge of the adverse effects of sedentary time on cardiac health. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • It was observed that both sedentary time and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were associated with higher left ventricular mass. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • However, the increase in cardiac mass (3.8 g/m2.7) associated with sedentary time was three times higher than the cardiac mass increase (1.2 g/m2.7) associated with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • So far, about 200 students and their parents have provided confidential information about screen time, body mass index, activity levels, sleep time and life satisfaction. (okanaganlife.com)
  • Background: Physical activity, sedentary time and sleep have been shown to be associated with cardio-metabolic health. (unav.edu)
  • Further, we quantified the predicted differences following reallocation of time between behaviours. (unav.edu)
  • Compositional isotemporal substitution was used to estimate the association of reallocating time between behaviours. (unav.edu)
  • Interventions focused on reducing sedentary time could be of novel therapeutic relevance. (edu.au)
  • We aim to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a newly developed intervention focused on reducing sedentary time, and potential clinical, physiological, metabolic and molecular effects in rheumatoid arthritis. (edu.au)
  • The Take a STAND for Health study is a 4-month, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial, in which postmenopausal patients with rheumatoid arthritis will set individually tailored, progressive goals to replace their sedentary time with standing and light-intensity activities. (edu.au)
  • Our objective was to examine change over time in racial-ethnic disparities in sexual behaviours among US high school students. (cdc.gov)
  • Previous research has shown that being sedentary increases the risk of cardiovascular disease but until now its effect on patients with established heart disease was unknown. (escardio.org)
  • Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as sedentary behaviour, decreased physical activity (PA), and low cardiorespiratory fitness lead to an increased and accelerated risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. (bvsalud.org)
  • Relationships between child body size, PA, and TV exposure were estimated using generalised estimating equation (GEE) methods. (scirp.org)
  • METHODS: Twenty-four overweight [body mass index (BMI) M = 27.9 kg/m2, SD = 2.7] women [age M = 33.1 years, SD = 11.7] completed 12-weeks of supervised exercise (5×500kcal per week) in a non-randomised, pre-post intervention study. (leedstrinity.ac.uk)
  • Insufficient physical activity and sedentary behaviour (SB) are important factors that determine cardiometabolic health and the development of non-communicable diseases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These cross-sectional associations between a daily movement behaviour composition and cardiometabolic health parameters were investigated using a compositional data analysis approach. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the pediatric population, the majority of movement behaviour studies have focused on the effect of sedentary behaviour and physical activity on cardiometabolic health which includes blood pressure, insulin resistance, blood lipids, and body mass index. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • The researchers also assessed various markers of health including body mass index (BMI, in kg/m2) and cardiorespiratory fitness. (escardio.org)
  • Insufficient sleep negatively affects a child's cognitive performance, memory, behaviour and school performance whilst increasing their risk of gaining unwanted weight. (sanitarium.com)
  • This was also done for those at potentially 'high-risk', defined as insufficient MVPA-ST and 'high-sedentary' behaviour. (edu.au)
  • This study behaviourally phenotyped UK lorry drivers' sedentary and non-sedentary behaviours during workdays and non-workdays and examined markers of drivers cardio-metabolic health. (le.ac.uk)
  • Results: Replacing MVPA with any other behaviour around the mean composition was associated with a poorer cardio-metabolic risk profile. (unav.edu)
  • In addition, objective instruments such as accelerometers or heart rate monitors are used, where sedentary behaviour is defined as being below a given threshold of movement counts or beats per minute, respectively. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Seven lifestyle factors were associated with a lower risk of developing depression after researchers adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, socioeconomic status and education. (newscientist.com)
  • Moreover, a sedentary lifestyle based on self-reported sedentary behaviour has been identified as a risk factor, with a detrimental association to cardiovascular diseases [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An ecological approach to identifying risk factors for increased body size in preschoolers is required. (scirp.org)
  • Some people lead sedentary lifestyles and do not exert physical activity or practice sports, thereby increasing their risk of becoming hypertensive. (who.int)
  • The higher a person's body mass index, the higher the risk for high blood pressure. (who.int)
  • There are various ways in which body fatness may increase the risk of endometrial cancer. (canceraustralia.gov.au)
  • Professor Tom Yates, a Reader in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and health at the University of Leicester, said: "Our study was interested in the links between whether someone said they walked at a slow, steady or brisk pace and whether that could predict their risk of dying from heart disease or cancer in the future. (leicestermercury.co.uk)
  • This finding was seen in both men and women and was not explained by related risk factors such as smoking, body mass index, diet or how much television the participants in the sample watched. (leicestermercury.co.uk)
  • In the past 30-40 years, three main modifiable factors have emerged that are associated with an increased risk of cancer at several sites: physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour, and overweight or obesity. (who.int)
  • In a recent study by IARC scientists, a higher body mass index (BMI) was associated with a higher risk of developing 12 cancer types. (who.int)
  • For the cancer types that are associated with physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour, and obesity, an estimated 20-40% of the entire burden of these cancer types is due to these risk factors. (who.int)
  • A higher left ventricular mass, which indicates an enlarged or hypertrophied heart, and a reduced left ventricular function, which indicates decreased heart function, may in combination or independently lead to an increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, and premature cardiovascular death. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • In fact, during the past decade, emerging evidence clearly disclosed that prolonged sedentary behaviour is an interdependent contributor to cardiometabolic diseases and all-cause mortality, even in the presence of regular MVPA [ 7 , 8 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) is a common and useful measurement of body fat that helps individuals understand the difference between being overweight and obese. (wikipedia.org)
  • More detailed measurement of TV watching and other sedentary behaviours is needed. (scirp.org)
  • Measurement of sedentary behaviour primarily utilizes self- or proxy-report surveys or log books to capture specific behaviours such as those named above. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Validated instruments were used for the measurement of the variables included in the study: Body Mass Index, Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire, Physical Self Description Questionnaire, Self-report of Barriers towards the Practice of Exercise, and Intention to Be Physically Active Questionnaire. (fecyt.es)
  • The association of abdominal obesity and independent variables was assessed using the chi-square test and the magnitude of associations was verified using Binary Logistic Regression in an unadjusted model and adjusted for confounders (gender, age, socioeconomic status, physical activity and sedentary behaviour). (bvsalud.org)
  • Objectives Although both physical inactivity and poor sleep are deleteriously associated with mortality, the joint effects of these two behaviours remain unknown. (bmj.com)
  • Physical inactivity and poor sleep are two lifestyle behaviours adversely associated with all-cause, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancer mortality. (bmj.com)
  • Understanding the relationships between body size, inactivity, and PA is necessary to inform effective intervention development. (scirp.org)
  • Unfortunately, the prevalence of physical inactivity, sedentary behaviour, and overweight or obesity remains high. (who.int)
  • 5] Most previous evidence underlying current physical activity recommendations are derived from data from large observational studies where people self-report how physically active they are (among other lifestyle behaviours). (bmj.com)
  • Conclusions: walking, sedentary and transitory behaviours are distinct from each other, and together explain daily function. (northumbria.ac.uk)
  • Of the treatment group, 65% consumed their craved foods daily and had an average Body Mass Index in the obese range (33.3). (lidsen.com)
  • The incidence of obesity-related cancers is critically affected by dietary composition, physical activity, and sedentary practices. (who.int)
  • How Does the Relationship Between Motor Skill Performance and Body Mass Index Impact Physical Activity in Preschool Children? (sc.edu)
  • This paper reviews articles reporting on correlates of sedentary behaviour in preschool children published between 1993 and 2009. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A literature search was undertaken to identify articles which examined correlates of sedentary behaviours in preschool children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 0.001) was only significantly associated with oxygen uptake, relative to all other remaining behaviours. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 001] and fat mass (FM) [p = .003] were significantly reduced, and fat-free mass (FFM) significantly increased [p = .003]. (leedstrinity.ac.uk)
  • Longitudinal studies are required to examine further the potential causal relationships between the development of overweight and specific sedentary behaviors such as Internet and computer use. (jmir.org)
  • Background: Most research on parenting and childhood obesity and obesity-related behaviours has focused on mothers while fathers have been underrepresented. (ugent.be)
  • Detrimental associations of sedentary behaviour with major depression and other mental disorders have also been reported 9 . (nature.com)
  • However, these associations are typically studied in isolation or without accounting for the effect of all movement behaviours and the constrained nature of data that comprise a finite whole such as a 24 h day. (unav.edu)
  • The participants (8 girls and 7 boys, aged 10.3 ± 1.9 years, height 144.5 ± 11.8 cm, body mass index (BMI) 19.3 ± 3.0 kg/m 2 ) wore a thigh-worn accelerometer during a normal week and were provided free tickets to visit SuperPark on at least one day. (mdpi.com)
  • HR), and sedentary behaviour (via the HELENA questionnaire). (biomedcentral.com)
  • A questionnaire about physical activity, sedentary behaviour and socioeconomic conditions was applied. (bvsalud.org)
  • 1-5 Both behaviours are complex, and their health effects are dependent on various characteristics. (bmj.com)
  • Surprisingly, research has not yet to establish the relation considering fatness, hemodymanic characteristics and sedentary behaviour together in CRF for Greek primary school-aged children. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Seven variables derived from accelerometry considered to represent four characteristics of habitual behaviour (volume, frequency, intensity and variability) were submitted to principal components factor analysis (PCA). (northumbria.ac.uk)
  • Further research on a larger sample is indicated to explore the characteristics that explain these behaviours, in particular the interplay between sedentary behaviour and periods of physical activity. (northumbria.ac.uk)
  • The aim of this study was to examine physical activity and sedentary behaviour characteristics of ambulatory and community-dwelling patients with dementia compared to cognitively healthy age-, sex- and weight-matched controls. (karger.com)
  • The main preventative measures to be implemented include increasing physical exercise, dietary knowledge and decreasing sedentary behaviours. (wikipedia.org)
  • in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Studies have shown an association between childhood urban settings, due to changes in dietary habits and obesity and increased prevalence of high blood pressure, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. (who.int)
  • A growing body of research1 has generated concerns in government and society about rising childhood obesity levels and ill-health due to dietary imbalance, specifically the over-consumption of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods2 and the under-consumption of fresh foods, fruit and vegetables. (who.int)
  • Medical students tend to adopt sedentary lifestyles due to a demanding curriculum. (bvsalud.org)
  • Information gathered using the percentile ranking takes into consideration the child's age and sex, recognising that the amount of body fat regularly changes with age and sex. (wikipedia.org)
  • Findings from the review suggest that child's sex was not associated with television viewing and had an indeterminate association with sedentary behaviour as measured by accelerometry. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The monitors allowed the researchers to measure how long patients spent being sedentary, or doing light, moderate or vigorous levels of physical activity. (escardio.org)
  • The researchers found that patients with coronary artery disease spent an average of eight hours each day being sedentary. (escardio.org)
  • Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fatness based on a person's weight in relation to their height. (canceraustralia.gov.au)
  • As children transition from primary to middle school, their physical activity declines and sedentary behaviour increases. (okanaganlife.com)
  • The human body has the ability to adjust to increases in ambient pressure, to a limit. (medscape.com)
  • The system can be used to calculate a person's Body Mass Index (BMI) by dividing their weight (in kilograms) by the square of their height (in meters). (wikipedia.org)
  • Some of these factors are related to ageing and others to people's lifestyle and behaviour. (who.int)
  • Other studies suggest that the risks of cancer, heart attacks, and other disorders may be associated with aspects of long-haul driving such as loading and unloading cargo, irregular schedules, long hours of driving, a sedentary lifestyle, and the nature of drivers' food choices on the road. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study supports the need to target both behaviours in research and clinical practice. (bmj.com)
  • However, the authors of each included study re-analysed their accelerometer data to exactly the same criteria to ensure the measures of physical activity and sedentary behaviour were harmonised. (bmj.com)
  • World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. (lu.se)
  • The prerequisites for effective interventions and programmes aimed at changing behaviour are covered in NICE's guideline on behaviour change: general approaches . (nice.org.uk)
  • In addition, interventions and programmes should be evaluated, either locally or as part of a larger project, and practitioners should be equipped with the necessary competencies and skills to support behaviour change. (nice.org.uk)
  • Research into the correlates of sedentary behaviours in the preschool population is an emerging field, with most research being published since 2002. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An environment that promotes high energy intake and sedentary behaviour. (who.int)
  • Thresholds of 80 and 94 cm were used for high trunk mass in mothers and fathers, respectively [16]. (scirp.org)
  • Continued high blood pressure can exhaust and damage the heart muscle, which then has to make greater effort to pump blood into the rest of the body. (who.int)
  • Sedentary behaviour is associated with lower CRF in primary school-aged children. (biomedcentral.com)