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Rachel C. Colley
Researcher at Statistics Canada
Publications - 99
Citations - 12534
Rachel C. Colley is an academic researcher from Statistics Canada. The author has contributed to research in topics: Screen time & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 83 publications receiving 11190 citations. Previous affiliations of Rachel C. Colley include Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario & University of Queensland.
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Systematic review of sedentary behaviour and health indicators in school-aged children and youth
Mark S. Tremblay,Allana G. LeBlanc,Michelle E. Kho,Travis J. Saunders,Richard Larouche,Rachel C. Colley,Gary S. Goldfield,Sarah Connor Gorber +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that daily TV viewing in excess of 2 hours is associated with reduced physical and psychosocial health, and that lowering sedentary time leads to reductions in BMI.
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Letter to the Editor: Standardized use of the terms "sedentary" and "sedentary behaviours"
Joel D. Barnes,Timothy K. Behrens,Mark E. Benden,Stuart J. H. Biddle,Dale S. Bond,Patrice Brassard,Helen Brown,Lucas J. Carr,Jean-Philippe Chaput,Hayley Christian,Rachel C. Colley,Mary Duggan,David W. Dunstan,Ulf Ekelund,Dale W. Esliger,Zach Ferraro,Yoni Freedhoff,Karla I. Galaviz,Paula Gardiner,Gary S. Goldfield,William L. Haskell,Gary Liguori,Genevieve N. Healy,Katya M. Herman,Erica Hinckson,Richard Larouche,Allana G. LeBlanc,James Levine,Hotaka Maeda,Mark McCall,Wendy McCubbin,A. McGuire,Vincent Onywera,Neville Owen,Mark D. Peterson,Stephanie A. Prince,Ernesto Ramirez,Nicola D. Ridgers,Ash C. Routen,Alex V. Rowlands,Travis J. Saunders,John M. Schuna,Lauren B. Sherar,Donna Spruijt-Metz,Barry Taylor,Mark S. Tremblay,Jared M. Tucker,Katrien Wijndaele,Jennifer Wilson,Justine Wilson,Sarah J. Woodruff +50 more
TL;DR: This work proposes that journal editors adopt a consistent definition of the term sedentary and require that all manuscripts published within their journal adhere to this common terminology, and suggests that authors use the term “inactive” to describe those who are performing insufficient amounts of MVPA.
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Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle
Mark S. Tremblay,Rachel C. Colley,Rachel C. Colley,Travis J. Saunders,Travis J. Saunders,Genevieve N. Healy,Genevieve N. Healy,Neville Owen,Neville Owen +8 more
TL;DR: An overview of this emerging area of research is given of the ways that it differs from traditional exercise physiology and how they differ from those linking physical activity and health.
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Physical activity of Canadian adults: accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.
TL;DR: The findings indicate that 85% of adults are not active enough to meet Canada's new physical activity recommendation, and men are more active than women and MVPA declines with increasing age and adiposity.
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Physical activity of Canadian children and youth: accelerometer results from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.
TL;DR: Despite of age group, boys are more active than girls and physical activity levels of Canadian children and youth are low.