Effectiveness of the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work intervention: cluster randomised controlled trial
Research Area: Business
Conclusions SMArT Work successfully reduced sitting time over the short, medium, and longer term, and positive changes were observed in work related and psychological health. https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k3870 ...Read more here
Major features of immunesenescence, including reduced thymic output, are ameliorated by high levels of physical activity in adulthood.
Research Area: Ageing, Immune System
The thymus gland (which generates T cells) is a rare organ in that it that is biggest in children and starts to atrophy after puberty becoming little more than fatty tissue in old age. It used to be assumed that thymic output (new T-cells) was negligible after adolescence and this was part of the reason […] ...Read more here
Risk Factors for Functional Decline in Older Adults with Arthritis
Research Area: Ageing
Interesting study from 2005 looking at functional capacity in older adults with arthritis. They found that of all the risk factors for functional decline, not engaging in regular vigorous physical activity (by their definition heavy housework, a sport or a manual job) was the most prevalent risk factor and almost doubled the odds of functional […] ...Read more here
Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in Older Women
Purpose The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between sedentary time and total; cardiovascular disease (CVD); coronary heart disease (CHD); and cancer mortality in a prospective, multiethnic cohort of postmenopausal women. Methods The study population included 92,234 women aged 50–79 years at baseline (1993–1998) who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational […] ...Read more here
Television viewing and time spent sedentary in relation to cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
Research Area: Sedentary
BACKGROUND: Sedentary behavior is emerging as an independent risk factor for chronic disease and mortality. However, the evidence relating television (TV) viewing and other sedentary behaviors to cancer risk has not been quantitatively summarized. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive electronic literature search in Cochrane, EMBASE, Medline, and SciSearch databases through February 2014 for published articles […] ...Read more here
Impact of Physical Inactivity on the World’s Major Non-Communicable Diseases
Background Strong evidence shows that physical inactivity increases the risk of many adverse health conditions, including the world’s major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) of coronary heart disease (CHD), type 2 diabetes, and breast and colon cancers, and shortens life expectancy. Because much of the world’s population is inactive, this presents a major public health problem. Findings […] ...Read more here
Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis
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 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Methods Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library databases were searched for terms related to sedentary time and health outcomes. Cross-sectional and prospective studies […] ...Read more here
Leisure time spent sitting in relation to total mortality in a prospective cohort of US adults
This cohort has the advantage of being very large with approximately 184,000 US adults and over 19,000 deaths for whom detailed information on time spent sitting and physical activity was collected at baseline. women who reported sitting for more than 6 hours during their time versus less than 3 hours a day had an approximately 40% […] ...Read more here
