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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

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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Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle

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.