ArticlePloS one2013
The energy expenditure of sedentary behavior: a whole room calorimeter study.
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- Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.HRB open research · 2021Pooled it
- Sedentary behaviour is associated with increased long-term cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis independently of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Trial
- Energy expenditure during common sitting and standing tasks: examining the 1.5 MET definition of sedentary behaviour.BMC public health · 2015Trial
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- Exploring the Acute Effects of Sedentary Behaviors on Cardiometabolic Risk in Hispanic Adolescents with Obesity: A Randomized Crossover Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physiological processes induced by different types of physical activity that either oppose or enhance postprandial glucose tolerance.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Machine learning applications in the analysis of sedentary behavior and associated health risks.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2025Review
- Physiology of sedentary behavior.Physiological reviews · 2023Review
- The association between sleep duration and detailed measures of obesity: A cross sectional analysis in the ADDITION-PRO study.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- A potent physiological method to magnify and sustain soleus oxidative metabolism improves glucose and lipid regulation.iScience · 2022Article
- Genetic susceptibility, screen-based sedentary activities and incidence of coronary heart disease.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Step detection and energy expenditure at different speeds by three accelerometers in a controlled environment.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Energy Requirement for Elderly CKD Patients.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Shorter Sleep Predicts Longer Subsequent Day Sedentary Duration in Healthy Midlife Adults, but Not in Those with Sleep Apnea.Nature and science of sleep · 2021Article
- An appraisal of whole-room indirect calorimeters and a metabolic cart for measuring resting and active metabolic rates.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review protocol.HRB open research · 2020Article
- Accuracy of 12 Wearable Devices for Estimating Physical Activity Energy Expenditure Using a Metabolic Chamber and the Doubly Labeled Water Method: Validation Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Associations of context-specific sitting time with markers of cardiometabolic risk in Australian adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedHamilton, Marc [corrected to Hamilton, Mark T]
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Abstract
It has recently been recommended that sedentary behavior be defined as sitting or reclining activities expending less than 1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs), which is distinct from the traditional viewpoint based on insufficient moderate-vigorous activity or formal exercise. This study was designed to determine the energy expenditure associated with common sedentary behaviors. Twenty-five African American adults (BMI 27.8 ± 5.5) participated in the metabolic chamber study. Participants entered the metabolic chamber in the morning and their basal metabolic rate was estimated. They were fed breakfast and then engaged in four different sedentary behaviors sequentially, lasting 30 minutes each. The activities included reclining, watching TV, reading, and typing on a computer. In the afternoon, the participants were fed lunch and then the activities were repeated. The results show that the energy expenditure values between the morning and afternoon sessions were not significantly different (p = .232). The mean energy expenditure of postprandial reclining (0.97 METs) was slightly, but significantly, lower than postprandial watching TV (p = .021) and typing (p<.001). There were no differences in energy cost (1.03-1.06 METs) between the seated (i.e., reading, typing, watching TV) sedentary activities. The energy expenditure of several common sedentary behaviors was approximately 1.0 METs in the postprandial state. The results support the conclusion that the average energy cost of common sedentary behaviors is narrowly banded around 1.0 METs in the postprandial state.
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