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A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior
Public health guidelines for physical activity now include recommendations to break up prolonged sitting with light-intensity activities. Concurrently, interventions to increase standing have emerged, especially within the workplace in the form of sit–stand or standing workstations. Moreover, in sho...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8391207/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168460 |
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author | Kowalsky, Robert J. Stoner, Lee Faghy, Mark A. Barone Gibbs, Bethany |
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description | Public health guidelines for physical activity now include recommendations to break up prolonged sitting with light-intensity activities. Concurrently, interventions to increase standing have emerged, especially within the workplace in the form of sit–stand or standing workstations. Moreover, in short-duration studies, breaking up prolonged sitting with standing has been associated improved cardiometabolic outcomes. Publicly available estimates of the intensity of standing range from 1.5 to 2.3 metabolic equivalents (METs), neatly classifying standing as a light-intensity activity (>1.5 to <3.0 METs). Further delineation between ‘active’ and ‘passive’ standing has been proposed, with corresponding METs of >2.0 METs and ≤2.0 METs, respectively. However, this study reviews data suggesting that some standing (e.g., while performing deskwork) is substantially below the minimum light intensity activity threshold of 1.5 METs. These data bring into question whether standing should be universally classified as a light-intensity behavior. The objectives of this study are to (i) highlight discrepancies in classifying standing behavior in the human movement spectrum continuum, and (ii) to propose a realignment of the ‘active’ vs. ‘passive’ standing threshold to match the light intensity threshold to help provide a clearer research framework and subsequent public health messaging for the expected health benefits from standing. |
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spelling | pubmed-83912072021-08-28 A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior Kowalsky, Robert J. Stoner, Lee Faghy, Mark A. Barone Gibbs, Bethany Int J Environ Res Public Health Communication Public health guidelines for physical activity now include recommendations to break up prolonged sitting with light-intensity activities. Concurrently, interventions to increase standing have emerged, especially within the workplace in the form of sit–stand or standing workstations. Moreover, in short-duration studies, breaking up prolonged sitting with standing has been associated improved cardiometabolic outcomes. Publicly available estimates of the intensity of standing range from 1.5 to 2.3 metabolic equivalents (METs), neatly classifying standing as a light-intensity activity (>1.5 to <3.0 METs). Further delineation between ‘active’ and ‘passive’ standing has been proposed, with corresponding METs of >2.0 METs and ≤2.0 METs, respectively. However, this study reviews data suggesting that some standing (e.g., while performing deskwork) is substantially below the minimum light intensity activity threshold of 1.5 METs. These data bring into question whether standing should be universally classified as a light-intensity behavior. The objectives of this study are to (i) highlight discrepancies in classifying standing behavior in the human movement spectrum continuum, and (ii) to propose a realignment of the ‘active’ vs. ‘passive’ standing threshold to match the light intensity threshold to help provide a clearer research framework and subsequent public health messaging for the expected health benefits from standing. MDPI 2021-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8391207/ /pubmed/34444209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168460 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Kowalsky, Robert J. Stoner, Lee Faghy, Mark A. Barone Gibbs, Bethany A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior |
title | A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior |
title_full | A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior |
title_fullStr | A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior |
title_full_unstemmed | A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior |
title_short | A Call to Clarify the Intensity and Classification of Standing Behavior |
title_sort | call to clarify the intensity and classification of standing behavior |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8391207/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34444209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168460 |
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