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Effectiveness of physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in altering sedentary behaviour among older adults: a systematic review (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCorry, M., Murphy, M., Bleakley, C., & Mair, J. (2018). Effectiveness of physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in altering sedentary behaviour among older adults: a systematic review. Lancet, 392(S61), S61. https://doi.org/10.1016/s014

Background Long and frequent bouts of sedentary behaviour pose a major risk to health and increase the incidence of hypokinetic diseases and mortality, independent of the risks caused by physical inactivity alone. The aim of this systematic review w... Read More about Effectiveness of physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions in altering sedentary behaviour among older adults: a systematic review.

User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Garcia-Constantino, M., Nugent, C., Stephenson, A., McDonough, S. M., Murphy, M. H., & Mair, J. L. (2018). User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment. In Conference Proceedings of H

In this paper we introduce the Worktivity mobile app as a potential solution to help reduce occupational sitting in an office environment. Worktivity functions by sending hourly reminders to stand up or move in addition to showing factual information... Read More about User adoption of the Worktivity mobile app to help reduce occupational sedentary behaviour in an office environment.

Using technology to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mair, J. (2018, April). Using technology to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace. Presented at Tenth Fuse Physical Activity Group Workshop, Newcastle

Mair, J. (2018, April). Using technology to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace. Presented at Tenth Fuse Physical Activity Group Workshop, Newcastle.