Standing workstations : experience, acceptability, and effects on occupational sedentary behaviour and metabolic health of office workers
Year: 2016
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: So what is SB and when do we do it? \n• SB is <1MET \n• SB in adults occurs in three phases throughout the day; during transport, occupationally and leisure time. \n• SB higher in younger, educated, white collar \nPrevalence: \n• 50% of population median sitting time >4h/day (Bauman et al., 2011), close to 25% >6 h/day \n• Very limited evidence occupational sitting time that 30% of full time employed NZ adults occupational sitting 3.5-4 h/day (Statistics New Zealand, 2015 + drawing in Mummery data) \nLinks: \n• SB linked with increased levels of psychological disorders SB linked with • increases in colon, rectal, ovarian and endometrial cancer often independent of PA \n• What interested me is SB linked with increased BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure and decreased HDLC, increased cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality (Mummery et al., 2005; Wijndaele et al., 2009; Bertrais et al. 2005; \nStamatakis et al. 2011)
Authors: Daniel James Archer, Sheehan Robb, Elizabeth Niven, Robert Moran
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2617636874