Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study

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. 2022 Mar 7;44(1):51-59.

doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab298.

Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study

Victoria E Kettle¹, Mark Hamer², Fehmidah Munir¹, Jonathan Houdmont³, Kelly Wilson⁴, Robert Kerr⁴, Ken Addley⁵, Lauren B Sherar¹, Stacy A Clemes^{1

6}

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¹ National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.
² Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
⁴ Department of Management and Leadership, Ulster University, County Antrim BT37 0QB, UK.
⁵ Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin D02 X266, Ireland.
⁶ National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.

PMID: 34343313
PMCID: PMC8904248
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab298

Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study

Victoria E Kettle et al. J Public Health (Oxf). 2022.

. 2022 Mar 7;44(1):51-59.

doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab298.

Authors

Victoria E Kettle¹, Mark Hamer², Fehmidah Munir¹, Jonathan Houdmont³, Kelly Wilson⁴, Robert Kerr⁴, Ken Addley⁵, Lauren B Sherar¹, Stacy A Clemes^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.
² Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
⁴ Department of Management and Leadership, Ulster University, County Antrim BT37 0QB, UK.
⁵ Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin D02 X266, Ireland.
⁶ National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and the University of Leicester, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.

PMID: 34343313
PMCID: PMC8904248
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab298

Abstract

Background: There is a dearth of literature on how different domains of sitting time relate to other health behaviours. Therefore, this study aimed to explore these associations in a sample of office workers.

Methods: 7170 Northern Irish Civil Servants completed an online survey which included information on workday and non-workday sitting time in five domains (travel, work, TV, computer-use, leisure-time), physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking. An unhealthy behaviour score was calculated by summing the number of health behaviours which did not meet the current guidelines. Multinomial regressions examined associations between unhealthy behaviour score and each domain of sitting time.

Results: ≥7 hours sitting at work and ≥2 hours TV viewing on a workday both more than doubled the odds of partaking in ≥3 unhealthy behaviours [Odds ratio, OR = 2.03, 95% CI, (1.59-2.61); OR = 2.19 (1.71-2.80)] and ≥3 hours of TV viewing on a non-workday nearly tripled the odds [OR = 2.96 (2.32-3.77)].

Conclusions: High sitting time at work and TV viewing on a workday and non-workday are associated with increased odds of partaking in multiple unhealthy behaviours. Interventions need to focus on these domains and public health policy should consider sitting time as an important health behaviour.

Keywords: alcohol drinking; diet; exercise; food; nutrition; sedentary behaviour; smoking; workplace.

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