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A I Shibata1, Koichiro Oka, Takemi Sugiyama

  • 11Physical Activity and Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratories, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 2Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN; 3Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, JAPAN; 4School of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 5School of Population Health, University of South Australia, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA; 6Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 7School of Sports Science, Exercise and Health, the University of Western Australia, Perth, AUSTRALIA; 8School of Population Health, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AUSTRALIA; 9School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 10School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; 11School of Population and Global Health, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; and 12Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
|October 27, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Decreasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) significantly predicts increased waist circumference. While increased television (TV) viewing time also influenced waist size, its effect was less pronounced than changes in MVPA.

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