Review and special articleAdult Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review
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Context
The health benefits of regular moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) continue to accumulate as the research in this domain grows.1, 2 Indeed, regular physical activity is associated with the reduction of more than 25 chronic diseases, including all-cause mortality, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, type II diabetes, and certain forms of cancer.3 With this overwhelming evidence, most nations have formal position stands that recommend at least 150 minutes of regular MVPA per
Inclusion Criteria
Studies featuring a correlate or correlates of sedentary behavior were included within this review. Papers had to be from peer-reviewed, English-language journals.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria for this review were pre-established by all three authors. Studies were excluded if they (1) examined child, adolescent, or clinical populations; (2) did not include an expression of at least one variable and its relationship to a sedentary behavior; (3) did not include a measure of sedentary behavior that was
Evidence Synthesis
The process for undergoing the literature search and screening, including number of papers excluded and the reasons for exclusion can be found in Figure 1. Briefly, initial database searches and manual reference checks yielded 3691 potentially relevant articles. Of these, 3582 were excluded throughout the screening process (Figure 1). Overall, 109 papers examining 82 samples passed the eligibility criteria to be included in the review22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Conclusion
The purpose of the present study was to review the literature that has focused on the correlates of sedentary behavior among adults. All published literature that met our search criteria was included and themed by broad categories of demographic, behavioral, cognitive, social, and physical environment variables. This review assessed 82 independent samples (109 peer-reviewed papers) from all inhabited continents. TV viewing proved the most prevalent sedentary behavior that was measured, although
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