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In adolescents, sedentary time may increase heart size three times more than moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.

The quality of the preschool environment may affect preschooler's levels of physical activity and sedentary time. In this paper, we aimed to assess the quality of the preschool movement environment and associations between the movement environment and children's physical activity and sedentary time in Norwegian preschools. A sample of 71 departments within 46 preschools provided data on the Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS). 794 children aged 3–5 years provided accelerometer data (ActiGraph GT3X+). Associations were examined using multivariate pattern analysis. Our results...

Happy retired life: Retiring from job increases amount of sleep and decreases physical activity.

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a number of new behaviours into daily routines, like physical distancing, mask-wearing and hand sanitizing. Meanwhile, many old behaviours such as attending events, eating out and seeing friends have been put on hold. However, one old behaviour that has persisted, and has arguably been amplified due to COVID-19, is sitting — and it is not surprising to see why. Whether sitting during transportation, work, screen time or even meals, everyday environments and activities are tailored nearly exclusively to prolonged sitting. As such, sedentary behaviours, l...

Abstract Sedentary behaviour (SB) is considered a risk factor for non-communicable diseases and long periods of sedentary time (ST) have been associated with an increased risk of mortality in adult populations. Although investigation in young children (aged 1 to 5.9) is less consistent, this period has been identified as a critical period in which sedentary habits may be established and track throughout life. The aim of this Doctoral thesis was to investigate the prevalence, correlates and measurements of SB in toddlers (aged 1 to 2.9 years) and pre-schoolers (aged 3 to 5.9 years). This thesi...