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ArticleJournal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors2025

County-level residential segregation and sedentary behavior in US adults.

Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Yangyang Deng, Breanna Rogers, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Kelly K Jones, Pedro F Saint-Maurice, Shreya Patel, David Berrigan, Charles E Matthews, Kosuke Tamura

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  1. Neighborhood walkability and sedentary behaviors among US adults.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026
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10 authors.

Mohammad MoniruzzamanSocio-Spatial Determinants of Health (SSDH) Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. mohammad.moniruzzaman@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2144-7111
Yangyang DengSocio-Spatial Determinants of Health (SSDH) Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7152-7315
Breanna RogersSocio-Spatial Determinants of Health (SSDH) Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-0543-7075
Sheikh Mohammed Shariful IslamInstitute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7926-9368
Kelly K JonesNeighborhoods and Health Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1552-7847
Pedro F Saint-MauriceMetabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-2340
Shreya PatelEpidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David BerriganBehavioral Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5333-179X
Charles E MatthewsMetabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8037-3103
Kosuke TamuraSocio-Spatial Determinants of Health (SSDH) Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4920-2856

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExcessive sedentary behavior (SB) is highly prevalent among adults in the United States (US). From a socio-ecological perspective, residential segregation may affect SB; however, this remains understudied. Thus, we aimed to examine associations between county-level segregation and sedentary time in a nationwide sample of US adults.

methodsFor this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from 2,637 US adults aged 20-75 years (mean age [45.1 years], female [50.6%]) from the population-based AmeriSpeak panel in 2019. Participants completed the Activities Completed over Time in 24-hours (ACT24) previous-day recall, which is a validated population-level measure of total daily SB (hours/day). Residential segregation was expressed as the isolation index at the county level for non-Hispanic (NH) Black and Hispanic adults (vs. all other racial and/or ethnic groups). Isolation index ranges from 0 to 1, with a higher value indicating higher segregation. We used survey-weighted linear regression models to examine the relationships of race and/or ethnicity specific isolation index with total daily SB, adjusting for covariates. Models were also stratified by sex.

resultsUS adults reported a mean of 9.5 h/day of sedentary time, with NH Black and Hispanic adults reporting 9.8 and 8.9 h/day, respectively. NH Black segregation was not related to sedentary time (β = -0.30 [-2.53, 1.94], p = 0.790). Hispanic segregation also showed no relationship (β = 0.32, [-1.64, 2.28], p = 0.743). Moreover, sex-stratified analyses showed null associations.

conclusionsWe found no association between residential segregation and SB among NH Black and Hispanic adults, and these associations did not vary by sex. Future studies should aim to replicate this study with larger samples of underrepresented minority populations.

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Isolation indexPhysical inactivitySedentary behaviorSegregationUS adults

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