Associations of sedentary behavior and physical activity with psychological distress: a cross-sectional study from Singapore
Open Access
- 24 September 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 13 (1), 885
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-885
Abstract
Emerging evidence suggests the adverse association between sedentary behaviour (SB) with physical and mental health, but few studies have investigated the relationship between volume of physical activity and psychological distress. The present study examined the independent and interactive associations of daily SB and weekly level of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with psychological distress in a multi-ethnic Asian population.Keywords
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