Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior

Even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can compromise metabolic health. Television (TV) time and objective measurement studies show deleterious associations, and breaking up sedentary time is beneficial. Sitting time, TV time, and time sitting in automobile...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Owen, N., Healy, Genevieve, Matthews, C., Dunstan, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35351
_version_ 1848754474141614080
author Owen, N.
Healy, Genevieve
Matthews, C.
Dunstan, D.
author_facet Owen, N.
Healy, Genevieve
Matthews, C.
Dunstan, D.
author_sort Owen, N.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can compromise metabolic health. Television (TV) time and objective measurement studies show deleterious associations, and breaking up sedentary time is beneficial. Sitting time, TV time, and time sitting in automobiles increase premature mortality risk. Further evidence from prospective studies, intervention trials, and population-based behavioral studies is required. Copyright © 2010 by the American College of Sports Medicine.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T08:40:59Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-35351
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T08:40:59Z
publishDate 2010
publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-353512023-02-22T06:24:19Z Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior Owen, N. Healy, Genevieve Matthews, C. Dunstan, D. Even when adults meet physical activity guidelines, sitting for prolonged periods can compromise metabolic health. Television (TV) time and objective measurement studies show deleterious associations, and breaking up sedentary time is beneficial. Sitting time, TV time, and time sitting in automobiles increase premature mortality risk. Further evidence from prospective studies, intervention trials, and population-based behavioral studies is required. Copyright © 2010 by the American College of Sports Medicine. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35351 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181e373a2 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins unknown
spellingShingle Owen, N.
Healy, Genevieve
Matthews, C.
Dunstan, D.
Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior
title Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior
title_full Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior
title_fullStr Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior
title_full_unstemmed Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior
title_short Too much sitting: The population health science of sedentary behavior
title_sort too much sitting: the population health science of sedentary behavior
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35351