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Reducing prolonged sitting time in adults (2015–2019)

Abstract:
With sitting now being touted as ¿the new smoking¿, preventive messages and guidelines to reduce sitting ¿ especially prolonged periods of sitting ¿ have emerged. However, what prolonged sitting should be replaced with, and the feasibility of making real world changes to this behaviour, is unknown. Through the four years of the fellowship, I will lead a program of research across observational studies and pragmatic intervention trials to address these evidence gaps. Findings from this program will have immediate relevance for policy and practice in relation to reducing sitting and increasing physical activity in adults. The observational studies will advance understanding of the determinants and long-term health implications of prolonged sitting time. The intervention trials will evaluate the effectiveness and implications (on health-, behaviour- and workrelated outcomes) of strategies and supportive technologies to reduce prolonged sitting in the office workplace. Importantly, this includes evaluation in dissemination (¿real world¿) contexts. Capacity building, via generating new PhD and postdoctoral opportunities, is embedded throughout the program. This research program builds on, and advances my internationally-recognised body of work focused on understanding the effectiveness and implications of reducing prolonged sitting time in adults.
Grant type:
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
Researchers:

  • Professor Genevieve Healy

    MRFF Emerging Leadership Fellow
    School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
    Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Funded by:
National Health and Medical Research Council