[HTML][HTML] American College of Sports Medicine roundtable report on physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cancer prevention and control

AV Patel, CM Friedenreich, SC Moore… - Medicine and science …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results The evidence supports that there are a number of biologically plausible
mechanisms whereby physical activity can influence cancer risk, and that physical activity is …

Sedentary time and its association with risk for disease incidence, mortality, and hospitalization in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Biswas, PI Oh, GE Faulkner, RR Bajaj… - Annals of internal …, 2015 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Background: The magnitude, consistency, and manner of association between …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations when using the activPAL monitor in field-based research with adult populations

CL Edwardson, EAH Winkler, DH Bodicoat… - Journal of sport and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Research indicates that high levels of sedentary behavior (sitting or lying with low energy
expenditure) are adversely associated with health. A key factor in improving our …

Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work

N Shrestha, KT Kukkonen‐Harjula… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background A large number of people are employed in sedentary occupations. Physical
inactivity and excessive sitting at workplaces have been linked to increased risk of …

Identifying adults' valid waking wear time by automated estimation in activPAL data collected with a 24 h wear protocol

EAH Winkler, DH Bodicoat, GN Healy… - Physiological …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The activPAL monitor, often worn 24 hd− 1, provides accurate classification of
sitting/reclining posture. Without validated automated methods, diaries—burdensome to …

Physical activity and overweight/obesity among Malaysian adults: findings from the 2015 National Health and morbidity survey (NHMS)

YY Chan, KK Lim, KH Lim, CH Teh, CC Kee… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Overweight and obesity are growing health problems both worldwide and in
Malaysia due to such lifestyle changes as decreased physical activity (PA), increased …

Fitness, but not physical activity, is related to functional integrity of brain networks associated with aging

MW Voss, TB Weng, AZ Burzynska, CN Wong… - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
Greater physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are associated with reduced age-
related cognitive decline and lower risk for dementia. However, significant gaps remain in …

Sedentary behavior as a mediator of type 2 diabetes

MT Hamilton, DG Hamilton, TW Zderic - Diabetes and Physical Activity, 2014 - karger.com
Over the past 5 years, the fastest growing new area of physical activity research centered
around the concept that the large amount of time people spend sitting inactive may have …

Managing sedentary behavior to reduce the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease

PC Dempsey, N Owen, SJH Biddle… - Current diabetes reports, 2014 - Springer
Modern human environments are vastly different from those of our forebears. Rapidly
advancing technology in transportation, communications, workplaces, and home …

Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are beneficial for white matter in low-fit older adults

AZ Burzynska, L Chaddock-Heyman, MW Voss… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Physical activity (PA) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are associated with better cognitive
function in late life, but the neural correlates for these relationships are unclear. To study …