October 2, 2012
Earlier this year more than 50 SBRN members signed a letter promoting an updated definition of the term “sedentary behaviour” (you can view that letter here). […]
October 23, 2012
The 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health is coming up later this month in Sydney, Australia, and SBRN members will be giving several […]
November 25, 2012
Earlier this year, SBRN published an updated definition of the terms “sedentary” and “sedentary behaviour” in response to confusion around the use of the terms in the […]
January 14, 2013
Prevention magazine recently featured a list of 100 ways to break up your sedentary time on. From their website: At Home 1. Hide your remote. If […]
October 1, 2013
Today’s post comes from Dr Dylan Cliff, a National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong (Australia). Many people interested in young people’s […]
December 18, 2013
SBRN members Sebastien Chastin and colleagues have recently published the results of the first round of their Sedentary Behaviour Taxonomy project. The abstract (via PLOS ONE): […]
February 9, 2014
New paper published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The abstract: BACKGROUND: Desk-based office employees sit for most of their working day. To address […]
February 13, 2014
The Washington Post recently published the above infographic on the health impact of sedentary behaviour. The full infographic, with descriptions, is available here.
February 16, 2014
A new study published in PLOS ONE suggests that sedentary behavior may not be associated with health independent of total physical activity. From the abstract: Aims […]