Adherence
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions significantly increase total sedentary behavior (SB) in university students, with increases averaging 1.93 hours per day on weekdays and 1.30 hours per day on weekends compared to pre-pandemic baselines.
Lockdowns and remote work/study environments naturally increase sedentary time by nearly 2 hours daily. To counteract this, you must intentionally schedule non-sedentary activities (e.g., walking meetings, standing desks, or home workouts) because the default environment will pull you toward sitting.
The COVID-19-associated lockdown restriction on average appeared to increase SB by 1.93 (16.91%↑, 95% CI = 1.74, 2.12) hours... On weekends, The COVID-19-associated lockdown restriction on average appeared to increase SB by 1.30 (9.86%↑, 95% CI = 1.12, 1.48) hours
Why this rating
Retrospectively-matched cohort study with a large sample size (n=1487) and statistical significance, though reliant on self-reported retrospective recall.
Source
COVID‐19 lockdown: Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in Italian medicine students
Francesco Luciano et al. · European Journal of Sport Science · 2020
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