Health Issues Due to the Global Prevalence of Sedentariness and Recommendations towards Achieving a Healthier Behaviour
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Sedentariness as a Subconscious, Dangerous, Non-Communicable Disease
3. Recommendations for Public Health Implications
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Study | Objective Time Spent per Day in Sedentariness | Countries in Which the Study Was Performed |
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Smith et al. (2015) | 10.6 h/d | England |
Hamer, Coombs and Stamatakis (2014) | 9.64 h/d | England |
Loyen et al. (2017) | 8.83 h/d | England, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden |
Gibson, Muggeridge, Hughes, Kelly and Kirk (2017) | 9.5 h/d | Scotland |
Vallance et al. (2011) | 8.5 h/d 1 | Canada |
Carson et al. (2014) | 10.8 h/d | Canada |
Healy, Matthews, Dunstan, Winkler and Owen (2011) | 8.44 h/d | United States of America |
Matthews et al. (2008) | 8.53 h/d | United States of America |
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Bonnet, C.T.; Barela, J.A. Health Issues Due to the Global Prevalence of Sedentariness and Recommendations towards Achieving a Healthier Behaviour. Healthcare 2021, 9, 995. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080995
Bonnet CT, Barela JA. Health Issues Due to the Global Prevalence of Sedentariness and Recommendations towards Achieving a Healthier Behaviour. Healthcare. 2021; 9(8):995. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080995
Chicago/Turabian StyleBonnet, Cédrick T., and Jose A. Barela. 2021. "Health Issues Due to the Global Prevalence of Sedentariness and Recommendations towards Achieving a Healthier Behaviour" Healthcare 9, no. 8: 995. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080995