Can reducing sitting time in the university setting improve the cardiometabolic health of college students?

The high prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), prediabetes, and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases linked with prolonged sitting has created a need to identify options to limit sedentary behaviors. A potentially simple approach to achieve this goal in the university setting is to provide s...

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Published in:Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity metabolic syndrome and obesity, 2018-01, Vol.11, p.603-610
Main Authors: Butler, Karrie M, Ramos, Joyce S, Buchanan, Christina A, Dalleck, Lance C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Behavior
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Classrooms
College students
Colleges & universities
Exercise
Fasting
Health aspects
Hypertension
Inactivity Physiology
Lifestyles
Lipids
Metabolic syndrome
Obesity
Original Research
Physical fitness
Physiological aspects
Prediabetic state
Prevention
Primordial Prevention
Public health
Questionnaires
Risk factors
School buildings
Sedentary Behavior
Sitting position
Students
Systematic review
Work stations
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Summary:The high prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), prediabetes, and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases linked with prolonged sitting has created a need to identify options to limit sedentary behaviors. A potentially simple approach to achieve this goal in the university setting is to provide students the option to stand during courses rather than sit. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of standing in the college classroom setting on cardiometabolic risk factors in a cohort of college students. Healthy college students (n=21) who attended at least two courses per week (a minimum of 5 hours) in a specified university building with standing desks participated in a 7-week intervention that was divided into three phases: 3 weeks of standing, 1 week of washout (sitting), and 3 weeks of sitting. The participants (mean ± SD: age, height, weight, body mass index, and waist-to-hip ratio were 22.7±6.4 years, 174.3±10.0 cm, 70.6±14.3 kg, 23.0±3.0 kg/m , and 0.76±0.05, respectively) were randomly assigned to the phase of intervention of which they should start (sitting or standing), and all participants engaged in sitting during the washout phase. Cardiometabolic risk factors and metabolic equivalents (METs) were measured at baseline and weekly throughout the intervention. Paired -tests revealed significant differences (
ISSN:1178-7007
1178-7007
DOI:10.2147/DMSO.S179590