Energy expenditure during common sitting and standing tasks: Examining the 1.5 MET definition of sedentary behaviour

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mansoubi, Maedeh ^a   Pearson, Natalie ^a   Clemes, Stacy A ^a,b   Biddle, Stuart J H ^c   Bodicoat, Danielle H ^d   Tolfrey, Keith ^a   Edwardson, Charlotte L ^b,d   Yates, Thomas ^b,d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU)   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; MET; Physical activity; Sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECREATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIDEO GAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RECREATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934877794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1851-x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Clemes SA, O'Connell SE, Edwardson CE. Office workers objectively measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity during and OutsideWorking hours. J Occup Environ Med. 2014;56(3):298-303.
2. Proper KI, Singh AS, van Mechelen W, Chinapaw MJ. Sedentary behaviors and health outcomes among adults: a systematic review of prospective studies. Am J Prev Med. 2011;40:174-82.
3. Wilmot EG, Edwardson CL, Achana FA, Davies MJ, Gorely T, Gray LJ, et al. Sedentary time in adults and the association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and death: systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetologia. 2012;55:2895-905.
4. Edwardson CL, Gorely T, Davies MJ, Gray LJ, Khunti K, Wilmot EG, et al. Association of sedentary behaviour with metabolic syndrome: a meta-analysis. PloS One. 2012;7:e34916.
5. Lynch BM. Sedentary behavior and cancer: a systematic review of the literature and proposed biological mechanisms. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010;19:2691-709.
6. Biswas A, Oh PI, Faulkner GE, Bajaj RR, Silver MA, Mitchell MS, et al. Sedentary time and its association with risk for disease incidence, mortality, and hospitalization in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2015;162(2):123-32.
7. Chau JY, van der Ploeg HP, Merom D, Chey T, Bauman AE. Cross- sectional associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting, physical activity and obesity in working adults. Prev Med. 2012;54:195-200.
8. Thorp AA, Healy GN, Owen N, Salmon J, Ball K, Shaw JE, et al. Deleterious associations of sitting time and television viewing time with cardiometabolic risk biomarkers: Australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle (AusDiab) study 2004-2005. Diabetes Care. 2010;33:327-34.
9. Matthews CE, George SM, Moore SC, Bowles HR, Blair A, Park Y, et al. Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and cause-specific mortality in US adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012;95:437-45.
10. Mansoubi M, Pearson N, Biddle SJ, Clemes SA. The relationship between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in adults: a systematic review. Prev Med. 2014;69:28-35.
11. Rhodes RE, Mark RS, Temmel CP. Adult sedentary behavior: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med. 2012;42:e3-e28.
12. Network SBR. Letter to the editor: standardized Use of the terms "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours". Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2012;37:540-2.
13. Hamilton MT, Healy GN, Dunstan DW, Zderic TW, Owen N. Too little exercise and Too much sitting: inactivity physiology and the need for New recommendations on sedentary behavior. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep. 2008;2:292-8.
14. Pate RR, O'Neill JR, Lobelo F. The evolving definition of "sedentary". Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2008;36:173-8.
15. Tremblay MS, Colley RC, Saunders TJ, Healy GN, Owen N. Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2010;35:725-40.
16. Yates T, Wilmot EG, Davies MJ. Sedentary behavior: What's in a definition? Am J Prev Med. 2011;40:4-e33. author reply e4.
17. Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, Meckes N, Bassett Jr DR, Tudor-Locke C, et al. Compendium of physical activities: a second update of codes and MET values. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011;43(8):1575-81.
18. O'Donovan C, Hirsch E, Holohan E, McBride I, McManus R, Hussey J. Energy expended playing Xbox kinect (TM) and Wii (TM) games: a preliminary study comparing single and multiplayer modes. Phsiotherapy. 2012;98(3):224-9.
19. Byrne NM, Hills AP, Hunter GR, Weinsier RL, & Schutz Y. Metabolic Equivalent: One Size Does Not Fit All. J Appl Physiol. 2005;99(3):1112-9.
20. Weyand PG, Smith BR, Schultz NS, Ludlow LW, Puyau MR, Butte NF. Predicting Metabolic Rate Across Walking Speed: One Fit For All Body Sizes? J Appl Physiol. 2013;115(9):1332-42.
21. Compher C, Frankenfield D, Keim N, Roth-Yousey L. Evidence analysis working group. Best practice methods to apply to measurement of resting metabolic rate in adults: a systematic review. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006;106(6):881-903.
22. Food Standards Agency [Internet]. London, UK: FSA Nutrient and Food Based Guidelines for UK Institutions; [cited 2014 Dec 13]. Available from: http://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/multimedia/pdfs/nutrientinstitution.pdf
23. Hanley JA, Negassa A, Edwardes MD, Forrester JE. Statistical analysis of correlated data using generalized estimating equations: an orientation. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;157(4):364-75.
24. Lante K, Reece J, Walkley J. Energy expended by adults with and without intellectual disabilities during activities of daily living. Res Dev Disabil. 2010;31:1380-9.
25. Dos Anjos LA, da Mata MJ, Wahrlichn V, DenVasconcellos MT, Caspersen CJ. Caspersen CJAbsolute and rlative energy costs of walking in a Brazilian adult probability sample. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011;43:2211-8.
26. Swartz AM, Squires L, Strath SJ. Energy expenditure of interruptions to sedentary behavior. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011;8:69.
27. Whybrow S, Ritz P, Horgan GW, Stubbs RJ. An evaluation of the IDEEA activity monitor for estimating energy expenditure. Br J Nutr. 2013;109(1):173-83.
28. Newton Jr RL, Han H, Zderic T, Hamilton M. The energy expenditure of sedentary behavior: a whole room calorimeter study. PLoS One. 2013;8(5), e63171. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063171.
29. Cox RH, Guth J, Siekemeyer L, Keilems B, Brehm SB, Ohiinger CM. Metabolic cost and speech quality while using an active workstation. J Phys Act Health. 2011;8:332-9.
30. Weyand PG, Smith BR, Sandell RF. Assessing the Metabolic Cost of Walking: theInfluence of Baseline Subtractions. 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS. 2009;6878-81. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333126.
31. Dunstan DW, Kingwell BA, Larsen R, Healy GN, Cerin E, Hamilton MT, et al. Breaking Up Prolonged Sitting Reduces Postprandial Glucose and Insulin Responses. Diabetes Care. 2012;35(5):976-83. doi: 10.2337/dc11-1931.
32. Thorp AA, Kingwell BA, Sethi P, Hammond L, Owen N, Dunstan DW. Alternating bouts of sitting and standing attenuate postprandial glucose responses. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014;46(11):2053-61. doi:10.1249/mss.0000000000000337.
33. Pate RR, Pratt M, Blair SN, Haskell WL, Macera CA, Bouchard C, et al. Physical activity and public health: a recommendation from the centers for disease control and prevention and the American college of sports medicine. JAMA. 1995;273:402-7.
34. Bubb WJ, Martin DA, Howley ET. Predicting oxygen uptake during level walking at speeds of 80-130 m/min. J Card Rehabil. 1985;5:462-5.
35. McDonald I. Statistical studies of recorded energy expenditure of Man. Part 2: expenditure on walking related to weight, Sex, Age, height. Speed and Gradient Nutr Abs Rev. 1961;31:739-62.
36. Brooks AG, Gunn SM, Withers RT, Gore CJ, Plummer JL. Predicting walking METs and energy expenditure from speed or accelerometry. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005;37(7):1216-23.