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British Heart Foundation Releases Report on Sedentary Behaviour

| June 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

The British Heart Foundation National Centre has just released an evidence briefing focused on sedentary behaviour.  From their website:

The benefits of a physically active lifestyle are well established and reflected in public health guidelines and policy. In recent years there has been growing interest in the role that sedentary behaviour may play in health and wellbeing.

Informed by this emerging body of evidence, public health guidelines now recommend that people of all ages should avoid prolonged periods of sedentary behaviour and break up periods of sitting.

This new BHFNC evidence briefing provides an overview of the evidence relating to sedentary behaviour and public health.

It defines sedentary behaviour and summarises the risks and current levels as well as the implications for policy and practice. It also reviews the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour.

The full report can be downloaded for free here.

Neville Owen Explains the Health Impact of Sedentary Behaviour

| November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
Dr Neville Owen is one of the world’s foremost researchers of sedentary behaviour.  Based at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and the University of Queensland, Dr Owen has co-authored several seminal studies, including those linking sedentary behaviour with mortality, and suggesting that breaks in sedentary behaviour may be associated with improved health regardless of total sedentary time.

 

Last week Dr Owen spoke with researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and was kind enough to allow SBRN member Ernesto Ramirez to record and publish two videos of his talk, which are embedded below.  In the first video, you can see Dr Owen explain what sedentary behaviour is, how an “active” person can still accumulate lots of sedentary time, and the impact of interventions aimed at reducing sedentary time.  In the second video, Dr Owen takes questions from the audience on the impact of sedentary behaviour in kids, how we can change the work environment to allow people to reduce their sedentary behaviour, and gives his thoughts on standing desks.

Thanks to Dr Owen for allowing his talk to be recorded and published by SBRN, and thanks to Ernesto Ramirez for the excellent recording.

 

Enjoy!

Sedentary Behaviour Infographic

| July 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

Earlier this year MedicalBillingandCoding.org created an evidence-based infographic summarizing the link between sedentary behaviour and increased health risk.  It’s a very large image so we’ve included the small version below, while the full version can be found here.