Correlates of occupational, leisure and total sitting time in working adults: Results from the Singapore multi-ethnic cohort

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Uijtdewilligen, Léonie ^a   Yin, Jason Dean Chen ^a   van der Ploeg, Hidde P ^b,c   Müller Riemenschneider, Falk ^a,d,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adults; Asia; Correlates; Multi ethnic; Prevalence; Sitting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEISURE SITTING TIME; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL SITTING TIME; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SITTING; SMOKING; TIME; TOTAL SITTING TIME; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY POSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; LEISURE; MALAYSIA; RISK; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RISK; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85038103278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0626-4     Document Type: Article

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