August 11, 2020

Coping during COVID-19 – keep screen time in check!

This blog provides a brief overview of an article published in Health Reports on July 15, 2020: “Exercise and screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic” by […]
August 20, 2020

Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep of Canadian Children and Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Today’s post comes from Emi Vargatoth, describing a new study, “Canadian children’s and youth’s adherence to the 24-h movement guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: A decision […]
August 27, 2020

University students’ knowledge, self-efficacy, outcome expectations and barriers related to reducing sedentary behaviour: A qualitative study

Today’s blog is provided by Dr. Navjot Pachu describing his new study titled “University students’ knowledge, self-efficacy, outcome expectations and barriers related to reducing sedentary behaviour: […]
September 11, 2020

Which countries have data on how long people sit per day?

Thank you to Matthew Mclaughlin (University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Population Health) for providing this blog post to SBRN. The post is summarizing a […]
October 15, 2020

Canada Releases 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults

This morning Canada released the world’s first 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Adults.  This completes a cycle that began when Canada released the first 24-hour Movement Guidelines […]
October 28, 2020

Exploring frailty through physical activity and sedentary behaviours

Today’s blog post comes from Andrea Mayo, a PhD student in the Department of Health at Dalhousie University (Canada). More about Andrea can be found at […]
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 […]
January 13, 2021

Measurement of sedentary behaviour in human adults: A toolkit

Thank you to Dr. Justin Aunger and Dr. Janelle Wagnild for providing this post.  Dr. Justin Aunger (Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, UK) and […]
January 20, 2021

Habitual physical activity levels and sedentary time of children in different childcare arrangements

Thank you to Dr. Trish Tucker and Julie Statler for providing this post. The blog post describes a study titled “Habitual physical activity levels and sedentary […]