Sedentary Behavior and Health: Update from the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee

• Published in: Medicine and science in sports and exercise Vol. 51; no. 6; p. 1227
• Main Authors: Katzmarzyk, Peter T, Powell, Kenneth E, Jakicic, John M, Troiano, Richard P, Piercy, Katrina, Tennant, Bethany
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Advisory Committees; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Exercise; Health Status; Humans; Incidence; Mortality; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Neoplasms - mortality; Obesity - epidemiology; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Risk Reduction Behavior; Sedentary Behavior

To provide an overview of relationships between sedentary behavior and mortality as well as incidence of several noncommunicable diseases and weight status reported in the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report (2018 PAGAC Scientific Report), and to update the evidenc...