Meanings of sedentariness in English

Intervention participants additionally received mobile phone prompts during self-reported sitting and information about the negative health impact of prolonged sedentariness.

Individual level factors such as age, physical activity levels, body mass index, socio-economic status and mood were all significantly correlated with sedentariness.

We will report the preliminary estimates of effects on sedentariness and postural dynamism using mean difference and 95% confidence interval.

In order to successfully develop interventions to address this unhealthy behaviour, factors that influence sedentariness need to be identified and fully understood.

Interventions that target the lifestyle behaviors of adolescents, to improve poor dietary quality and reduce excessive sedentariness, promise to reduce the risk of developing T2D.

The aim of this study was to determine the overall prevalence of high blood pressure (HBP), obesity, and sedentariness in a population of adolescents.