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July 21, 2011

Special Issue of American Journal Preventive Medicine Focuses on Sedentary Behaviour

The August 2011 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine contains a number of articles focusing on the health impact of sedentary behaviour.  In the […]
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July 21, 2011

New Study: Standing desks may increase caloric expenditure and improve behaviour in kids

Dr Mark Benden from Texas A&M reports that standing desks increase caloric expenditure in elementary school students while also improving perceived behaviour: Childhood obesity is a […]
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July 21, 2011

New Study: Sedentary Behavior Is Not Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk in Adults with Abdominal Obesity

A new study published in PLoS ONE by Drs Ashlee McGuire and Bob Ross at Queen’s University reports that sedentary behaviour is not associated with markers […]
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July 21, 2011

Sedentary Behaviour Infographic

Earlier this year MedicalBillingandCoding.org created an evidence-based infographic summarizing the link between sedentary behaviour and increased health risk.  It’s a very large image so we’ve included […]
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About SBRN

The Sedentary Behaviour Research Network (SBRN) is the only organization for researchers and health professionals which focuses specifically on the health impact of sedentary behaviour.

SBRN’s mission is to connect sedentary behaviour researchers and health professionals working in all fields of study, and to disseminate this research to the academic community and to the public at large. Read more »

Other Resources

  • Canadian Obesity Network
  • Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
  • Compendium of Physical Activities
  • Healthy Activity Living and Obesity Research
  • North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine
  • Obesity Panacea
  • ParticipACTION
  • Sedentary Behaviours International Taxonomy (SIT)
  • The Obesity Society

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