Descriptive statistics were calculated for the anthropometric, physical activity, and sedentary behavior characteristics in both samples.
‡All trials included sedentary adults; characteristics listed are additional selection criteria.
For instance, diet, physical activity, and sedentary lifestyle characteristics of children directly affect children's weight but are in turn shaped by parenting styles and the family environment in which children are embedded.
Secondary outcomes included changes in metabolic profile, self-reported dietary intake/patterns, physical and sedentary activities, psychological characteristics and social status.
The independent variables in multiple logistic regression models were: adolescents' age, parental characteristics, sedentary behaviors, self-efficacy, and perceived family support.
It has been proposed earlier that overeating, having a high growth rate, being overweight, and having a sedentary lifestyle, all characteristics that have increased also in Sweden and that lead to an increased insulin demand, may accelerate autoimmune β-cell destruction and lead to earlier clinical diagnosis (8, 10, 23).
Since the health risks are significant and far reaching, understanding the characteristics of sedentary individuals is potentially important in targeting health interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour.
We explored the characteristics of sedentary older people enrolled into an exercise promotion trial to gain insights about those who were sedentary but wanted to increase activity.
Neighborhoods that discourage physical activity may encourage indoor activities such as television viewing; however few studies have examined associations between neighborhood characteristics and sedentary activities.
However, comparing their characteristics with sedentary populations shows that, in terms of many of the indicators used to measure development, well-being and welfare,8 they could be classified as seriously disadvantaged.
