Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults

Background: Physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB), sleep and diet have all been associated with increased risk for chronic disease. Seasonality is often overlooked as a determinant of these behaviours in adults. Currently, no study has simultaneously monitored these behaviours in UK adult...

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Main Authors:	Sophie O'Connell, Paula Griffiths, Stacy Clemes
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Published:	2014
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Accelerometry Monitoring Seasonality Sitting time Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16681
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spelling	rr-article-96113422014-01-01T00:00:00Z Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults Sophie O'Connell (7238144) Paula Griffiths (1254669) Stacy Clemes (1256949) Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Accelerometry Monitoring Seasonality Sitting time Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Background: Physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB), sleep and diet have all been associated with increased risk for chronic disease. Seasonality is often overlooked as a determinant of these behaviours in adults. Currently, no study has simultaneously monitored these behaviours in UK adults to assess seasonal variation. Aim: The present study investigated whether PA, SB, sleep and diet differed over season in UK adults. Subjects and methods: Forty-six adults (72% female; age = 41.7 ± 14.4 years, BMI = 24.9 ± 4.4 kg/m2) completed four 7-day monitoring periods; one during each season of the year. The ActiGraph GT1M was used to monitor PA and SB. Daily sleep diaries monitored time spent in bed (TIB) and total sleep time (TST). The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) assessed diet. Repeated measures ANOVAs were used to identify seasonal differences in behaviours. Results: Light-intensity PA was significantly higher in summer and spring (p < 0.001). SB and TIB were significantly higher in winter (p < 0.01). There were no seasonal variations detected in moderate–vigorous PA, TST or diet (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Findings support the concept that health promotion campaigns need to encourage year-round participation in light intensity PA, whilst limiting SB, particularly during the winter months. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/16681 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Seasonal_variation_in_physical_activity_sedentary_behaviour_and_sleep_in_a_sample_of_UK_adults/9611342 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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topic	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Accelerometry Monitoring Seasonality Sitting time Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
spellingShingle	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Accelerometry Monitoring Seasonality Sitting time Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Sophie O'Connell Paula Griffiths Stacy Clemes Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults
description	Background: Physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB), sleep and diet have all been associated with increased risk for chronic disease. Seasonality is often overlooked as a determinant of these behaviours in adults. Currently, no study has simultaneously monitored these behaviours in UK adults to assess seasonal variation. Aim: The present study investigated whether PA, SB, sleep and diet differed over season in UK adults. Subjects and methods: Forty-six adults (72% female; age = 41.7 ± 14.4 years, BMI = 24.9 ± 4.4 kg/m2) completed four 7-day monitoring periods; one during each season of the year. The ActiGraph GT1M was used to monitor PA and SB. Daily sleep diaries monitored time spent in bed (TIB) and total sleep time (TST). The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) assessed diet. Repeated measures ANOVAs were used to identify seasonal differences in behaviours. Results: Light-intensity PA was significantly higher in summer and spring (p
format	Default Article
author	Sophie O'Connell Paula Griffiths Stacy Clemes
author_facet	Sophie O'Connell Paula Griffiths Stacy Clemes
author_sort	Sophie O'Connell (7238144)
title	Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults
title_short	Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults
title_full	Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults
title_fullStr	Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults
title_full_unstemmed	Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults
title_sort	seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of uk adults
publishDate	2014
url	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16681
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Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults

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