Sedentary Behaviour Epidemiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leitzmann, Michael F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jochem, Carmen (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schmid, Daniela (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Series on Epidemiology and Public Health,
• Subjects: Statistics .; Epidemiology.; Biostatistics.; Health promotion.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This book addresses the origins, determinants and magnitude of the global problem of sedentary behaviour, along with concise yet in-depth solutions for tackling it. As a consequence of major technological advances in modern society, many people find themselves in environments characterized by prolon...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Sedentary Behaviour Epidemiology
• Measurement of Sedentary Behaviour in Population Studies
• Analysis and Interpretation of Sedentary Behaviour Data
• The Descriptive Epidemiology of Sedentary Behaviour
• Physiologic Responses to Sedentary Behaviour
• Sedentary Behaviour and Adiposity
• Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) and Adiposity
• Sedentary Behaviour, Diabetes, and the Metabolic Syndrome
•  Sedentary Behaviour and Cardiovascular Disease
• Sedentary Behaviour and Cancer
• Sedentary Behaviour and Depression
•  Sedentary Behaviour and Psychosocial Health across the Life Course. Sedentary Behaviour and Aging
• Sedentary Behaviour and Mortality
• Models for Understanding Sedentary Behaviour
• Sedentary Behaviour at the Individual Level: Correlates, Theories, and Interventions
• Specific Interventions Targeting Sedentary Behaviour in Children and Adolescents
• Workplace Programs Aimed at Limiting Occupational Sitting
• Approaches to Decrease Sedentary Behaviour Among the Elderly
• Interventions Directed at Reducing Sedentary Behaviour in Persons with Pre-existing Disease or Disability
• Specific Approaches to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Overweight and Obese People
• Programs Targeting Sedentary Behaviour Among Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants
• Sedentary Behaviour at the Community Level: Correlates, Theories, and Interventions
• Sedentary Behaviour and the Social and Physical Environment
• Targeting Sedentary Behaviour at the Policy Level
• Dynamics of Sedentary Behaviours and Systems-Based Approach: Future Challenges and Opportunities in the Life Course Epidemiology of Sedentary Behaviours
• Genetics of Sedentariness
• Limitations in Sedentary Behaviour Research and Future Research Needs.