ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2024
Breaking prolonged sitting increases 24-h physical activity and self-perceived energy levels but does not acutely affect cognition in healthy adults.
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- Acute cognitive effects of interruptions to prolonged sitting with brief standing or physical activity breaks: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of breaking up prolonged sitting with physical activity on executive function: a three-level meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the methods used to examine sitting breaks and their influence on mental load, physical strain, and cognitive performance - a scoping review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Sex- and adipose depot-specific glucose metabolism following carbohydrate-enriched diets consumption with (un)interrupted prolonged sitting.Nutrition & diabetes · 2026Trial
- Acute impairments in glucose tolerance following one night of partial sleep restriction are not rescued by moderate-intensity walking in young men.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Interrupting sitting with moderate-intensity physical activity breaks improves cognitive processing speed in adults with overweight and obesity: Findings from the SITLess pilot randomized crossover trial.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2025Trial
- Acute Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting on Glucose, Insulin and Lipid Metabolism in Healthy Populations: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis.Metabolites · 2026Review
- Acute effects of "exercise snacks" during prolonged sitting on hemodynamics and peripheral vascular function: a three-level meta-analysis.Nutrition & metabolism · 2026Article
- A new Drosophila model of prolonged inactivity shortens lifespan and impairs muscle function.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Causal effects of sedentary breaks on affective and cognitive parameters in daily life: a within-person encouragement design.Npj mental health research · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionIt is unknown whether predetermined (un)interrupted sitting within a laboratory setting will induce compensatory changes in human behaviours (energy intake and physical activity) once people return to a free-living environment. The effects of breaking up prolonged sitting on cognition are also unclear.
methodsTwenty-four (male = 13) healthy participants [age 31 ± 8 y, BMI 22.7 ± 2.3 kg/m
resultsThere were no differences between trials in eating behaviour and spontaneous physical activity (both, p > 0.05) in free-living conditions, resulting in greater overall total step counts [11,680 (10740,12620) versus 6049 (4845,7253) steps] and physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) over 24-h period in ACTIVE compared to SIT (all, p < 0.05). Greater self-perceived levels of energy and lower blood glucose iAUC were found in ACTIVE trial compared to SIT trial (both, p < 0.05). No differences were found in cognitive performance between trials (all, p > 0.05).
conclusionBreaking up sitting does not elicit subsequent behavioural compensation, resulting in greater 24-h step counts and PAEE in healthy adults. Breaking up sitting reduces postprandial glucose concentrations and elicits greater self-perceived energy levels, but these positive effects do not acutely translate into improved cognitive function.
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