Regular physical activity and low levels of prolonged sedentary behaviour are important lifestyle recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes. This systematic review collates and summarises published research reporting on physical activity and sedentary behaviour of adults with type 2 d...

Objectives To systematically review and synthesise findings from process evaluations of interventions in trials which measured sedentary behaviour as an outcome in adults to explore: (1) how intervention content, implementation, mechanisms of impact and context influence outcomes and (2) how thes...

Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to systematically review work site-based, environmental interventions to reduce sedentary behavior following preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines. Data source: Data were extracted from Medical Literature ...

Background/objectives: Sedentary behavior (SB), defined as sitting (nonexercising), reclining, and lying down (posture), or by low energy expenditure, is a public health risk independent to physical activity. The objective of this systematic literature review was to synthesize the available evide...

Objective: To describe the methodological characteristics of the studies selected and assess variables associated with sedentary behavior in Brazilian children and adolescents. Methods: For this systematic review, we searched four electronic databases: PubMed, Web of Knowledge, LILACS, SciELO....

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been diagnosed in adolescents and among the associated factors are low levels of physical activity, sedentary behavior over long periods and low cardiorespiratory fitness. However, specifically in adolescents, studies present conflicting results. The aim ...

Many chronic diseases and illnesses are caused by the lifestyle, including the physical activity habits, of an individual. As such, consistent high levels of exercise should be encouraged across the lifespan, to limit the risk of developing one of these conditions and allowing for healthy aging t...

This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effectiveness of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) interventions on PA and SB levels in people with persistent musculoskeletal pain. We explored the effectiveness of behavior change techniques (BCTs), the use of behavior c...

Researchers have speculated that sedentary behaviour may reduce health-related quality of life (HRQOL), but the extent to which this is true remains unknown. Our study sought to systematically review and synthesise research on the relationship between sedentary behaviours and HRQOL and to investi...

Objective: To review the empirical evidence concerning the strength of tracking of sedentary behaviours from childhood and adolescence. Methods: Published English language studies were located from computerised and manual searches in 2009. Included studies were prospective, longitudinal studie...