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David W. Dunstan

Researcher at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

Publications -  439
Citations -  42745

David W. Dunstan is an academic researcher from Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sitting & Population. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 403 publications receiving 37901 citations. Previous affiliations of David W. Dunstan include Swinburne University of Technology & Arizona State University.

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Joint associations of poor diet quality and prolonged television viewing time with abnormal glucose metabolism in Australian men and women.

TL;DR: Diet quality and television viewing time were significantly associated with AGM in women, independent of waist circumference, and both poor diet quality and prolonged television viewing should be addressed to reduce risk of AGM.
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Prolonged uninterrupted sitting increases fatigue in type 2 diabetes

TL;DR: It is found that prolonged uninterrupted sitting increased fatigue by 29% relative to days when sitting was regularly interrupted by brief activity-breaks, and this may have implications for diabetes-related quality of life, occupational productivity and self-care.
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The impact of height-adjustable desks and prompts to break-up classroom sitting on adolescents' energy expenditure, adiposity markers and perceived musculoskeletal discomfort.

TL;DR: Preliminary indications that these strategies for breaking-up prolonged sitting during school lessons may benefit health among adolescents in the short term are provided, however, extended longer-duration trials are needed to determine longer-term health effects.