Behavior Change Strategies for Increasing Exercise and Decreasing Sedentary Behaviors in Diabetes

Breaking up Sedentary Time in Overweight/Obese Adults on Work Days and Non-Work Days: Results from a Feasibility Study

“…are key when aiming to implement new interventions that change behavior for a sustained period of time. Developing strategies to self-motivate individuals in adopting this new behavior is also crucial [ 60 ]. The fact that our overweight/obese participants perceived less fatigue at the end of a workday performing the microbouts than a single continuous bout of activity, as we previously reported in normal weight individuals, could be used to encourage employers to incorporate microbouts of activity into the daily routines of their office employees [ 30 ].…”

Is Being Physically Active Enough to Be Metabolically Healthy? The Key Role of Sedentary Behavior

“…LPA, which includes everyday activities such as walking, housework, or taking the stairs (activities requiring 1.5–2.9 METs), is tightly related to time spent in SB, as one typically offsets the other. The literature on SB, LPA, and MVPA to date indicates that we must target and act on each in order to improve metabolic health ( 22 ). This is particularly important since efforts targeting an increase in MVPA among sedentary adults can inadvertently lead to behavioral compensation, in which an individual decreases their LPA and increases their SB in response to exercise ( 23 , 24 ).…”