July 21, 2011

Special Issue of American Journal Preventive Medicine Focuses on Sedentary Behaviour

The August 2011 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine contains a number of articles focusing on the health impact of sedentary behaviour.  In the […]
July 21, 2011

New Study: Standing desks may increase caloric expenditure and improve behaviour in kids

Dr Mark Benden from Texas A&M reports that standing desks increase caloric expenditure in elementary school students while also improving perceived behaviour: Childhood obesity is a […]
July 21, 2011

New Study: Sedentary Behavior Is Not Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Adults with Abdominal Obesity

A new study published in PLoS ONE by Drs Ashlee McGuire and Bob Ross at Queen’s University reports that sedentary behaviour is not associated with markers […]
July 21, 2011

Sedentary Behaviour Infographic

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 […]