Abstract
Issue addressed: Sedentary behaviours, in particular sitting, increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and poorer mental health status. In Australia, 70% of adults sit for more than 8 h per day. The use of social media applications (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) is ors the rise; however, no studies have explored the association of social media use with sitting time and body mass index (BMI).
Methods: Cross-sectional self-report data ors demographics, BMI and sitting time were collected from 1140 participants in the 2013 Queensland Social Survey. Generalised linear models were used to estimate associations of a social media score calculated from social media use, perceived importance of social media, and number of social media contacts with sitting time and BMI.
Results: Participants with a high social media score had significantly greater sitting times while using a computer in leisure time and significantly greater total sitting time on non-workdays. However, no associations were found between social media score and sitting to view TV, use motorised transport, work or participate in other leisure activities; or total workday, total sitting time or BMI.
Conclusions: These results indicate that social media use is associated with increased sitting time while using a computer, and total sitting time on non-workdays.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 91-95 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Health Promotion Journal of Australia |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2017 |
Keywords
- computer
- screen time
- sedentary behaviour
- social networking
- SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR
- ADULTS
- ASSOCIATIONS
- MORTALITY
- OBESITY