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  1. Childhood is a critical period for the development of movement behaviours such as physical activity, sleep and sedentary behaviour. The PLAYCE Cohort was established to investigate how movement behaviours chan...

    Authors: Hayley Christian, Andrea Nathan, Stewart G. Trost, Jasper Schipperijn, Bryan Boruff, Emma K. Adams, Phoebe George, Hannah L. Moore and Anna Henry
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:7
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  2. Physical behaviors (i.e., sleep, sedentary behavior, and physical activity) are major drivers of physical and mental health. Existing behavior change models (e.g., social-cognitive models, humanistic/organismi...

    Authors: Marco Giurgiu and Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:6
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  3. The reliability and validity of proxy-report tools such as the My Little Moves (MLM) app for assessing 24-h movement behaviors (physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB) and sleep) is insufficiently esta...

    Authors: Annelinde Lettink, Jelle Arts, Jessica S. Gubbels, Teatske M. Altenburg and Mai J. M. Chinapaw
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:5
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  4. Movement behaviours (e.g., sleep, sedentary behaviour, light physical activity [LPA], moderate to vigorous physical activity [MVPA]) are associated with numerous health and well-being outcomes. Compositional d...

    Authors: Nicholas Kuzik, Markus J. Duncan, Natalie Beshara, Matthew MacDonald, Diego Augusto Santos Silva and Mark S. Tremblay
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:4
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  5. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep (i.e., 24-hour movement behaviours) are among key determinants of health and well-being. However, epidemiological studies that investigate these behaviours whi...

    Authors: Kaja Kastelic, Tjaša Knific and Nejc Šarabon
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:3
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  6. Physical activity (PA) in childhood is critical for establishing a healthy lifestyle across the lifespan, particularly to treat and prevent obesity. This study aimed to explore PA and sedentary behaviour (SED)...

    Authors: Hannah Lundh, Daniel Arvidsson, Christian Greven, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Mats Börjesson, Charlotte Boman, Katarina Lauruschkus, Stefan Lundqvist, Karin Melin and Susanne Bernhardsson
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:2
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  7. While recent studies, primarily among Asian cohorts, have linked adherence to 24-hour movement behavior (24-HMB) guidelines with improved mental health—some of which show sex differences—few studies have explo...

    Authors: Astrid N. Zamora, Arjan S. Walia and Abby C. King
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2025 4:1
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  8. Physical activity is an important component of metabolic health. However, little is known about the impact of specific types/intensities of physical activity on sleep health, especially among ethnically divers...

    Authors: Deepali K. Ernest, Bipin Singh, Fathimath Shamna, Elizabeth A. Onugha and Shreela V. Sharma
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:31
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  9. Children aged 6 to 17 spend long periods of sitting at school. Reducing these behaviors and increasing physical activity has been linked to improvements in cognitive functions and decreased musculoskeletal iss...

    Authors: David Larose, Carole-Lynn Massie, Alix St-Aubin, Valérie Boulay-Pelletier, Elyse Boulanger, Marie Denise Lavoie, Jennifer Yessis, Angelo Tremblay and Vicky Drapeau
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:30
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  10. Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour have important health implications. Self-reported measures of PA and sitting time (ST) such as questionnaires are most commonly used in public health studies and ...

    Authors: Chiaki Tanaka, John J. Reilly and Shigeho Tanaka
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:29
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  11. The early childhood education and care (ECEC) environment is an important setting for providing children with daily opportunities for movement and music, supporting holistic child development in the early year...

    Authors: María del Mar Bernabé-Villodre, Vladimir Essau Martínez-Bello, Herminia Vega-Perona, José Díaz-Barahona, Yolanda Cabrera García-Ochoa, Sandra Molines-Borrás, Felipe Gértrudix-Barrio, Juan Carlos Montoya-Rubio, María Ángeles Fernández-Vilar, José Manuel Azorín-Delegido, Nataliya Filenko, Ángela Martínez-Rojas and Daniel Adyro Martínez-Bello
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:28
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  12. Insomnia symptoms that influence daytime functioning are common among adults with type 2 diabetes. However, no previous study has examined if levels of physical activity differ among adults with diabetes with ...

    Authors: Sofie Rath Mortensen, Paul Jarle Mork, Søren T. Skou, Atle Kongsvold, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen and Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:27
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  14. Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep, collectively known as the 24-hour movement behaviors, demonstrate individual and joint benefits on physical and mental health. Examination of these behaviors h...

    Authors: Chelsea L. Kracht, Sarah Burkart, Claire I. Groves, Guilherme Moraes Balbim, Christopher D. Pfledderer, Carah D. Porter, Christine W. St. Laurent, Emily K. Johnson and Denver M. Y. Brown
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:25
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. Previous studies assessing shift workers’ behaviours have mainly used self-report recall questionnaires, however these measures don’t always account for variations in work schedules. Alternative methods that a...

    Authors: Malebogo Monnaatsie, Stuart J.H. Biddle and Tracy Kolbe-Alexander
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:24
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  16. Compositional data analysis (CoDA) techniques are well suited for examining associations between 24-h movement behaviors (i.e., sleep, sedentary behavior, physical activity) and indicators of health given they...

    Authors: Denver M. Y. Brown, Sarah Burkart, Claire I. Groves, Guilherme Moraes Balbim, Christopher D. Pfledderer, Carah D. Porter, Christine St. Laurent, Emily K. Johnson and Chelsea L. Kracht
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:23
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  17. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for more evidence on 24-hour movement behaviours from low- and middle-income countries. We examined the proportion of Ethiopian children aged 3.0-4.9 years who me...

    Authors: Chalchisa Abdeta, Dylan Cliff, Katharina Kariippanon, Alem Deksisa, Sileshi Garoma, Debrework Tesfaye, Kar Hau Chong, Devan Antczak and Anthony D. Okely
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:22
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  18. People living with severe mental illness (SMI) face significant health inequalities, including reduced quality of life and life expectancy. Evidence has shown that people living with SMI are highly sedentary, ...

    Authors: Ilaria Pina, Philip Hodgson, Kirstie Anderson and Emily J. Oliver
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:21
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  19. Physical activity (PA) plays a critical role in preventing non-communicable diseases, and maintaining the overall health and well-being of adults. PA surveillance has become a global concern leading to the dev...

    Authors: Ifeoma Uchenna Onwuakagba, Sochima Johnmark Obiekwe, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Favour Chidera Kanu, Ifeoma Adaigwe Amaechi and Christopher Olusanjo Akosile
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:20
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  20. Physical activity is a crucial aspect of health benefits in the public society. Although studies on the temporal physical activity patterns might lead to the protocol for efficient intervention/program, a stan...

    Authors: Saida Salima Nawrin, Hitoshi Inada, Haruki Momma and Ryoichi Nagatomi
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:19
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  21. The purpose of this study was to examine the associations of physical activity (PA), recreational screen time, and sleep with indicators of poor oral health in youth.

    Authors: Ryan D. Burns, Hayley Almes and You Fu
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:18
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  22. Adherence to the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines (24 H-MG) has been associated with a reduced risk of developing various chronic conditions. However, its association with frailty and all-cause mortality h...

    Authors: Daniel J. Meister, D. Scott Kehler, Danielle R. Bouchard, Amy M. Thomson and Martin Sénéchal
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:17
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  23. Steatotic liver disease (SLD) is a prevalent metabolic disease. While single component movement behaviors have been related to its development, comprehensive assessments of their joint associations are scarce.

    Authors: Danilo de Paula, Natan Feter, Rodrigo Citton Padilha dos Reis, Rosane Harter Griep, Bruce Bartholow Duncan and Maria Inês Schmidt
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:16
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  24. Canada, Australia, the World Health Organization and other countries have released 24-hour movement guidelines for the early years which integrate physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep, focusing on...

    Authors: Dylan P. Cliff, Devan Antczak, Catherine E. Draper, Timothy Olds, Rute Santos, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Mark S. Tremblay, Esther M.F. van Sluijs, Byron Kemp, Eivind Aadland, Katrine Aadland, Thayna Alves Bezerra, Jade Burley, Valerie Carson, Hayley E. Christian, Marieke De Craemer…
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:15
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  25. Traditional intensity-based physical activity measures and variable-centered statistics may not fully capture the complex associations between sitting time, physical activity, and obesity indices. This study i...

    Authors: Samad Esmaeilzadeh, Pirjo Hakala, Päivi Berg, Jo Salmon, Tiina Rinne and Arto J Pesola
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:14
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  26. Sedentary behavior has been identified as a public health concern. The present study analyzed the correlates of sedentary behavior in Brazilian adolescents through network analysis, in the light of an ecologic...

    Authors: José Ywgne, Leonardo G. O. Luz, Mabliny Thuany, Cayo Lima, Raphael Araujo, Ellen Silva, Kleberton Magalhães, Paulo Bandeira and Danilo R. Silva
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:13
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  27. Engaging in healthy movement behaviours in early childhood is beneficial for children’s development, and parents play a critical role in shaping movement habits during these formative years. This study aimed t...

    Authors: Brianne A. Bruijns, Matthew Bourke, Kendall Saravanamuttoo and Patricia Tucker
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:12
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  28. Adolescent insufficient sleep is an endemic issue that may result in compromised functioning throughout the course of the day and is associated with increased risk for a variety of adverse outcomes. Early scho...

    Authors: Zachary S. Farley, Mandilyn Ward, Nicole R. Giuliani and Elizabeth L. Budd
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:11
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  29. Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), an autoimmune systemic inflammatory disease, affects more than 17 million people globally. People with RA have higher risk of premature mortality; often experience chronic fatigue, p...

    Authors: Lynne Feehan, Hui Xie, Na Lu and Linda C. Li
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:10
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  30. Researchers have adopted a variety of analytical techniques to examine the collective influence of 24-h movement behaviors (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behaviors, sleep) on mental health, but efforts to...

    Authors: Claire I. Groves, Christopher Huong, Carah D. Porter, Bryce Summerville, Isabella Swafford, Braden Witham, Matt Hayward, Matthew Y. W. Kwan and Denver M. Y. Brown
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. Daily time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), light-intensity physical activity (LIPA), sedentary behaviour (SB) and sleep (collectively known as ‘movement behaviours’) are compositional, ...

    Authors: Shawn Hakimi, Luc J. Martin and Mark W. Rosenberg
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:8
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  32. In trauma-affected refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), research on physical activity is scarce. Knowing more about the relation between physical activity and PTSD symptoms may provide insight i...

    Authors: Hinuga Sandahl, Mette Korshøj, Ole Steen Mortensen and Jessica Carlsson
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:7
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  35. Insufficient sleep has been linked to the accumulation of cardiometabolic risks while physical activity acts as a protective factor. Also, sleep regularity may play a critical role in maintaining optimal cardi...

    Authors: Laura Nauha, Vahid Farrahi, Heidi Jurvelin, Timo Jämsä, Maisa Niemelä, Leena Ala-Mursula, Maarit Kangas and Raija Korpelainen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:2
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  36. Insufficient sleep can increase the risk of health problems and chronic conditions including cognitive problems, increased inflammation, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and overall mortality. In this repo...

    Authors: Nicolaas P. Pronk, Ross Arena, Deepika Laddu and Colin Woodard
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:4
    Content type: Comment Published on:

  37. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified the prevention of obesity in young children as one of its key priorities for the 21st century, and 24-hour movement behaviours (physical activity, sedentary b...

    Authors: Elina Engberg, Amanda Ojala, Hanna Paasio, Jari Lahti, Pasi Koski, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Raija Korpelainen, Soile Puhakka, Anthony Okely and Eva Roos
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:3
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  38. Despite the widespread endorsement of 24-h movement guidelines (physical activity, sleep, screentime) for youth, no standardized processes for categorizing guideline achievement exists. The purpose of this stu...

    Authors: Christopher D. Pfledderer, Sarah Burkart, Roddrick Dugger, Hannah Parker, Lauren von Klinggraeff, Anthony D. Okely, R. Glenn Weaver and Michael W. Beets
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2024 3:1
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  39. The ActivityStat hypothesis proposes that an increase or decrease in physical activity (PA) greater than a certain set point activates behavioural and/or energy compensatory responses to maintain a stable leve...

    Authors: Carminda Goersch Lamboglia, Geralyn R. Ruissen, Nicholas Kuzik, Valerie Carson and John C. Spence
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:30
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  40. This study documents and compares temporal patterns of physical behaviours, assessed using accelerometry, on working and non-working days among normal-weight (body mass index [BMI] < 25 kg/m2) and overweight (BMI...

    Authors: Luiz Augusto Brusaca, David M. Hallman, Leticia Bergamin Januario, Nidhi Gupta, Ana Beatriz Oliveira and Svend Erik Mathiassen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:28
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  41. Exercise interventions fail to increase objective physical activity (PA) in persons with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS), while they self-report higher exercise participation. This suggests that PwMS change their no...

    Authors: Ine Nieste, Jan Spaas, Wouter M. A. Franssen, Paul V. Asch, Hans H. C. M. Savelberg and Bert O. Eijnde
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:29
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  42. There is debate whether nurses are active enough stemming from differences in measurement tools, clinical contexts, and nursing tasks. A descriptive case study concerning the use of device-based measures in co...

    Authors: Stephanie E. Chappel, Brad Aisbett, Julie Considine and Nicola D. Ridgers
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:27
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  43. Chronic disease is the leading cause of death globally. Sleep, diet, and physical activity are modifiable health behaviours that are key for reducing the burden of chronic disease. These health behaviours are ...

    Authors: Charlotte C Gupta, Mitch J Duncan, Sally A Ferguson, Amanda Rebar, Corneel Vandelanotte, Madeline Sprajcer, Saman Khalesi, Lauren A. Booker, Caroline Rampling, Gabrielle Rigney and Grace E Vincent
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:26
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  44. Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are major public health problems. We examined the individual and joint associations of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and total sitting time with emotional we...

    Authors: Jouni Lahti, Jatta Salmela, Anne Kouvonen, Ossi Rahkonen and Tea Lallukka
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:24
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  45. Like many places globally, the health and well-being of children and youth living in Canada were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restricted access to the outdoors, schools, and public green sp...

    Authors: Julie E. Campbell, Michelle R. Stone, Raktim Mitra, Maggie Locke, Cynthia MacDonald, Ashley Preston, Rebecca A. Feicht, Laurene Rehman, Sara F. L. Kirk, Guy Faulkner, Mark S. Tremblay and Sarah A. Moore
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:25
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  46. Recently, there has been a paradigm shift from considering physical activity and sedentary behaviour as “independent” risk factors of health to acknowledging their co-dependency and compositional nature. The f...

    Authors: Philip von Rosen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:23
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  47. This study will evaluate the barriers and facilitators that families experience in adhering to the 24-hour movement behaviours guidelines as outlined by World Health Organisation (WHO).

    Authors: Andrew Dalziell and Xanne Janssen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:21
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  48. Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour independently increase morbidity and negatively affect quality of life. This study evaluates the associations between physical activity and sedentary behaviour with ...

    Authors: Katika Akksilp, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Yot Teerawattananon and Cynthia Chen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:22
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  49. Optimizing childhood domain-specific physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) for blood lipid profile is not well understood. We aimed to (1) determine the associations between accelerometer-measured...

    Authors: Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Naruki Kitano, Natsuko Imai, Justin J. Lang, Grant R. Tomkinson and Costan G. Magnussen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:20
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  50. More and more researchers have started to analyse device-measured physical activity data using compositional data analysis (CoDA), which has led to that the effect of relative time in different behaviours can ...

    Authors: Philip von Rosen
    Citation: Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors 2023 2:18
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:
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