Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults

BACKGROUND: Television viewing and physical inactivity are independently associated with risk of obesity. However, how the combination of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours (LTSB) and physical activity (LTPA) may contribute to the risk of obesity is not well understood. We examined the joint...

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Autores principales: Sugiyama, Takemi, Healy, Genevieve N, Dunstan, David W, Salmon, Jo, Owen, Neville
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2459202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18590570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-5-35
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author Sugiyama, Takemi
Healy, Genevieve N
Dunstan, David W
Salmon, Jo
Owen, Neville
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Healy, Genevieve N
Dunstan, David W
Salmon, Jo
Owen, Neville
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description BACKGROUND: Television viewing and physical inactivity are independently associated with risk of obesity. However, how the combination of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours (LTSB) and physical activity (LTPA) may contribute to the risk of obesity is not well understood. We examined the joint associations of multiple sedentary behaviours and physical activity with the odds of being overweight or obese. METHODS: A mail survey collected the following data from adults living in Adelaide, Australia (n = 2210): self-reported height, weight, six LTSB, LTPA and sociodemographic variables. Participants were categorised into four groups according to their level of LTSB (dichotomised into low and high levels around the median) and LTPA (sufficient: ≥ 2.5 hr/wk; insufficient: < 2.5 hr/wk). Logistic regression analysis examined the odds of being overweight or obese (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m(2)) by the combined categories. RESULTS: The odds of being overweight or obese relative to the reference category (low sedentary behaviour time and sufficient physical activity) were: 1.54 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20–1.98) for the combination of low sedentary behaviour time and insufficient physical activity; 1.55 (95% CI: 1.20–2.02) for the combination of high sedentary behaviour time and sufficient physical activity; and 2.26 (95% CI: 1.75–2.92) for the combination of high sedentary behaviour time and insufficient physical activity. CONCLUSION: Those who spent more time in sedentary behaviours (but were sufficiently physically active) and those who were insufficiently active (but spent less time in sedentary behaviour) had a similar risk of being overweight or obese. Reducing leisure-time sedentary behaviours may be as important as increasing leisure-time physical activity as a strategy to fight against obesity in adults.
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spelling pubmed-24592022008-07-12 Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults Sugiyama, Takemi Healy, Genevieve N Dunstan, David W Salmon, Jo Owen, Neville Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act Research BACKGROUND: Television viewing and physical inactivity are independently associated with risk of obesity. However, how the combination of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours (LTSB) and physical activity (LTPA) may contribute to the risk of obesity is not well understood. We examined the joint associations of multiple sedentary behaviours and physical activity with the odds of being overweight or obese. METHODS: A mail survey collected the following data from adults living in Adelaide, Australia (n = 2210): self-reported height, weight, six LTSB, LTPA and sociodemographic variables. Participants were categorised into four groups according to their level of LTSB (dichotomised into low and high levels around the median) and LTPA (sufficient: ≥ 2.5 hr/wk; insufficient: < 2.5 hr/wk). Logistic regression analysis examined the odds of being overweight or obese (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m(2)) by the combined categories. RESULTS: The odds of being overweight or obese relative to the reference category (low sedentary behaviour time and sufficient physical activity) were: 1.54 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20–1.98) for the combination of low sedentary behaviour time and insufficient physical activity; 1.55 (95% CI: 1.20–2.02) for the combination of high sedentary behaviour time and sufficient physical activity; and 2.26 (95% CI: 1.75–2.92) for the combination of high sedentary behaviour time and insufficient physical activity. CONCLUSION: Those who spent more time in sedentary behaviours (but were sufficiently physically active) and those who were insufficiently active (but spent less time in sedentary behaviour) had a similar risk of being overweight or obese. Reducing leisure-time sedentary behaviours may be as important as increasing leisure-time physical activity as a strategy to fight against obesity in adults. BioMed Central 2008-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2459202/ /pubmed/18590570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-5-35 Text en Copyright © 2008 Sugiyama et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Healy, Genevieve N
Dunstan, David W
Salmon, Jo
Owen, Neville
Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults
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title_full Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults
title_fullStr Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults
title_full_unstemmed Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults
title_short Joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in Australian adults
title_sort joint associations of multiple leisure-time sedentary behaviours and physical activity with obesity in australian adults
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2459202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18590570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-5-35
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