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Background: Screen-based device use could increase the risk of adolescent depression. Distinct modalities of screen-use may have differential effects on mental health. We used compositional data analysis to examine how theoretically replacing different screen-uses with exercise might influence...

Author(s)
Kandola, A.; Pozo Cruz, B. del; Hayes, J. F.; Owen, N.; Dunstan, D. W.; Hallgren, M.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Affective Disorders, 2022, 301, pp 240-247
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Background: Bodily pain is a common presentation in several chronic diseases, yet the influence of sedentary behaviour, common in ageing adults, is unclear. Television-viewing (TV) time is a ubiquitous leisure-time sedentary behaviour, with a potential contribution to the development of bodily...

Author(s)
Dzakpasu, F. Q. S.; Owen, N.; Carver, A.; Sethi, P.; Brakenridge, C. J.; Salim, A.; Urquhart, D. M.; Cicuttini, F.; Dunstan, D. W.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2022, 22, 2218, pp (29 November 2022)
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Purpose: To examine the associations of physical activity and television (TV) viewing time with retinal vascular caliber in Australian adults. Methods: A total of 2024 adults aged 25 yr or older without known diabetes in the Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab, 1999-2000), a...

Author(s)
Satyamurthy Anuradha; Dunstan, D. W.; Healy, G. N.; Shaw, J. E.; Zimmet, P. Z.; Wong, T. Y.; Owen, N.
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc., Hagerstown, USA
Citation
Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, 2011, 43, 2, pp 280-286
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Background: Prolonged periods of sitting time can be adversely associated with older adults' well-being and functional capacities. Understanding patterns and contexts of sedentary behaviors (SB) can inform approaches to prevention. This study examined Japanese older adults' objectively-assessed...

Author(s)
Shibata, A.; Oka, K.; Ishii, K.; Miyawaki, R.; Inoue, S.; Sugiyama, T.; Owen, N.
Publisher
Japan Epidemiological Association, Fukuoka, Japan
Citation
Journal of Epidemiology, 2019, 29, 9, pp 334-339
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Physical activities and sedentary behaviors are 2 broad classes of behavior that may be clearly distinguished from each other and have different patterns of determinants. The authors examined the associations of physical activity and television viewing time with retinal vascular caliber among US...

Author(s)
Satyamurthy Anuradha; Healy, G. N.; Dunstan, D. W.; Klein, R.; Klein, B. E.; Cotch, M. F.; Wong, T. Y.; Owen, N.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2011, 173, 5, pp 518-525
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Background - Television viewing time, the predominant leisure-time sedentary behavior, is associated with biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk, but its relationship with mortality has not been studied. We examined the associations of prolonged television viewing time with all-cause, cardiovascular...

Author(s)
Dunstan, D. W.; Barr, E. L. M.; Healy, G. N.; Salmon, J.; Shaw, J. E.; Balkau, B.; Magliano, D. J.; Cameron, A. J.; Zimmet, P. Z.; Owen, N.
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Hagerstown, USA
Citation
Circulation, 2010, 121, 3, pp 384-391
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Background: Television viewing time is associated cross-sectionally with abnormal glucose tolerance and diabetes risk; however, the impact of changes in television viewing time on glycaemic measures is less understood. We examined relationships of 5-year change in television viewing time with...

Author(s)
Hansen, A. L. S.; Wijndaele, K.; Owen, N.; Magliano, D. J.; Thorp, A. A.; Shaw, J. E.; Dunstan, D. W.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Citation
Diabetic Medicine, 2012, 29, 7, pp 918-925
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Background: High amounts of sedentary behaviour have been associated with increased risks of several chronic conditions and mortality. However, it is unclear whether physical activity attenuates or even eliminates the detrimental effects of prolonged sitting. We examined the associations of...

Author(s)
Ekelund, U.; Steene-Johannessen, J.; Brown, W. J.; Fagerland, M. W.; Owen, N.; Powell, K. E.; Bauman, A.; Lee IMin
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Lancet (British edition), 2016, 388, 10051, pp 1302-1310
Abstract

Background: Sedentary behaviours (time spent sitting, with low energy expenditure) are associated with deleterious health outcomes, including all-cause mortality. Whether this association can be considered causal has yet to be established. Using systematic reviews and primary studies from those...

Author(s)
Biddle, S. J. H.; Bennie, J. A.; Bauman, A. E.; Chau, J. Y.; Dunstan, D.; Owen, N.; Stamatakis, E.; Uffelen, J. G. Z. van
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
BMC Public Health, 2016, 16, 635, pp (26 July 2016)
Abstract

Objective. To examine the independent and joint associations of diet quality and television viewing time with abnormal glucose metabolism (AGM) in men and women. Method. Cross-sectional data from 5346 women and 4344 men from the 1999 to 2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study were...

Author(s)
Reeves, M. M.; Healy, G. N.; Owen, N.; Shaw, J. E.; Zimmet, P. Z.; Dunstan, D. W.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Preventive Medicine, 2013, 57, 5, pp 471-476

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