Why Ethiopian Office Workers Sit Too Much: A Multi-Level Look at the Barriers to Moving More
A qualitative study in Hawassa, Ethiopia, maps thirteen barriers and facilitators to physical activity and sedentary behavior among office workers ...
Tag: Sedentary behavior
How Babies Spend Their Day Shapes Motor Skills and Growth, Study Finds
A Dutch longitudinal study found that the composition of infants' and toddlers' daily physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep is ...
Segregated Counties Don’t Sit Longer: Nationwide Study Finds No Link Between Residential Segregation and Sedentary Time
A nationwide study of 2,637 US adults found no association between county-level residential segregation and daily sedentary time among non-Hispanic ...
Retirement Reshapes Sleep and Sitting, But Income Decides Who Benefits
A Belgian accelerometer study finds that retirement improves sleep and reduces sitting on average, but only higher-income retirees shift toward ...
Nature, Yards and Playgrounds: Where Preschoolers Spend Less Time on Screens
A Finnish study of 673 preschool-aged children finds that frequent parent-child visits to yards and nature are linked to less ...
Short Bursts, Long Efforts: How Preschoolers Move May Shape Heart Health
A study of nearly 500 Australian four-year-olds finds that the pattern in which preschoolers accumulate light, moderate, and vigorous activity ...
Parents on the Move: Five-Year Study Shows How Family Activity Habits Shape Children’s Health
A five-year Swiss cohort study using accelerometers and Dirichlet regression shows that when parents replace sedentary time with light or ...
Wearable Cameras Reveal How Coding Rules Shape Children’s Screen Time Estimates
A New Zealand study of 1.7 million wearable camera images shows that image capture intervals of up to 60 seconds ...
Screen Time Doesn’t Just Steal Exercise Hours, Landmark Study Reveals
A device-based study of 94 adults finds that recreational screen time displaces other sedentary activities rather than adding to total ...
When Work Wears You Down: Why Exercise at Your Job May Not Protect Your Heart
A new accelerometer study of 1,233 Japanese workers finds that high occupational physical activity is associated with cardiometabolic risk scores ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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