May 22, 2012

MSSE: Breaks in Sedentary Time Decrease During Childhood

From Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise: Purpose: The frequency of interruptions in sedentary time (sedentary breaks) is an aspect of sedentary behaviors that may […]
May 28, 2012

SBRN hosts meetup at ICDAM, with another planned for ACSM for May 31

The Sedentary Behaviour Research Network recently had it’s first “real-world” meetup at the International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods in Rome, Italy.  The event was […]
May 30, 2012

SBRN hosts meetup at ISBNPA in Austin, Texas

Adding to the success of the SBRN meeting at ICDAM in Rome, Dori Rosenberg organized another SBRN meetup at ISBNPA this past week in Austin, Texas.  […]
June 13, 2012

British Heart Foundation Releases Report on Sedentary Behaviour

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 […]
June 20, 2012

SBRN Updates, and an Important Survey

A lot has happened in the past few months and we thought this would be an excellent time for another quick SBRN update. 1. Sedentary behaviour […]
July 10, 2012

BMJ Open: Sedentary behaviour and life expectancy

From BMJ Open: Objectives To determine the impact of sitting and television viewing on life expectancy in the USA. Design Prevalence-based cause-deleted life table analysis. Setting Summary RRs of […]
July 23, 2012

SBRN Publishes Updated Definition of Sedentary Behaviour, Part 2

Earlier this year SBRN published a new definition of sedentary behaviour in in French and English in the journals Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Movement & Sport Sciences – […]
August 9, 2012

New Paper: Impact of “noncaloric” activity-related factors on the predisposition to obesity in children

From the Journal of Risk Management and Healthcare Policy: The research related to childhood obesity generally emphasizes the impact of unhealthy eating and sedentary behavior as […]
August 21, 2012

Diabetologia: Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis

From Diabetologia: Aims/hypothesis   Sedentary (sitting) behaviours are ubiquitous in modern society. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the association of sedentary time with […]