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Introduction: Office work generally consists of high amounts of sedentary behaviour (SB) which has been associated with negative health consequences (Van Uffelen et al., 2010; Hadgraft et al., 2016 a). To reduce this risk there is a need for workplace SB reduction interventions …

There is a growing public health concern over the effects that sedentary lifestyles are having on the health of young people, particularly in relation to overweight and obesity. This thesis presents five studies which examine the prevalence, incidence and determinants of sedenta…

The increasing evidence of associations between physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep duration and diet and both immediate and long term health implications is of public health concern. There is a need to further our understanding of the patterns of these behaviours and …