Health Risks, Correlates, and Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Young People

A growing body of evidence supports the development of public health recommendations to limit the time spent in screen-based behaviors and more research is needed to examine the prospective and experimental evidence of associations between overall sedentary time and health.

Abstract

A growing body of evidence supports the development of public health recommendations to limit the time spent in screen-based behaviors. More research is needed to examine the prospective and experimental evidence of associations between overall sedentary time and health, determinants of sedentary behaviors other than screen-based behaviors, and interventions to reduce overall sedentary time or even alternative sedentary behaviors, such as transport- or education-related sitting time.