November 12, 2020

WHO Global webinar for the launch of the new Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour – 26 Nov 2020

WHO will be holding a webinar to mark the launch of the new Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour on 26 November 2020 at 16:00 […]
November 13, 2020

Longitudinal associations of sedentary time and physical activity duration and patterns with cognitive development in early childhood

A new paper titled “Longitudinal associations of sedentary time and physical activity duration and patterns with cognitive development in early childhood” was recently published in the […]
November 18, 2020

How do office spatial environments influence sitting time and face-to-face interactions?

Today’s post comes from Dr Nyssa Hadgraft, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Urban Transitions at Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia), describing their […]
November 26, 2020

2020 WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour just released!

New WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour have just been launched. These guidelines update the previous WHO recommendations released in 2010 and provide evidence-based […]
December 2, 2020

Joint associations of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis in more than 44 000 middle-aged and older individuals

A new paper titled “Joint associations of accelero-meter measured physical activity and sedentary time with all-cause mortality: a harmonised meta-analysis in more than 44 000 middle-aged […]
December 9, 2020

Confounding due to pre-existing diseases in epidemiological studies on sedentary behavior and all-cause mortality: a meta-epidemiological study

A paper titled “Confounding due to pre-existing diseases in epidemiological studies on sedentary behavior and all-cause mortality: a meta-epidemiological study“ has recently been published in the […]
December 17, 2020

Psychological Correlates of Sedentary Screen Time Behaviour Among Children and Adolescents: a Narrative Review

A new paper titled “Psychological Correlates of Sedentary Screen Time BehaviourAmong Children and Adolescents: a Narrative Review” was just published in Current Obesity Reports. The full […]
December 22, 2020

Childhood Obesity and Device‐Measured Sedentary Behavior: An Instrumental Variable Analysis of 3,864 Mother–Offspring Pairs

A new paper titled “Childhood Obesity and Device‐Measured Sedentary Behavior: An Instrumental Variable Analysis of 3,864 Mother–Offspring Pairs” was just published in the Obesity journal.  The […]
January 6, 2021

Sedentary behaviour among general practitioners: a systematic review

A new article titled “Sedentary behaviour among general practitioners: a systematic review” was just published in the BMC Family Practice. The study summary and citation details […]