sedentariness

Examples

• All

• Removing benches or other opportunities for children to sit down during recess might be a strategy to decrease overall sedentariness.

  Academic text (2013)

• As physical inactivity and sedentariness are two factors that increase the risk of stroke and TIA, 26 complementary strategies need to be considered within the follow-up period to ensure appropriate daily levels of physical exertion are achieved.

  Academic text (2015)

• Teachers should also be informed about strategies to decrease sedentariness in the classroom and on the playground.

  Academic text (2013)

• According to teachers in Greece, the curriculum was fine and did not require the introduction of new strategies to decrease sedentariness.

  Academic text (2013)

• Teachers underestimated preschoolers' sedentariness on the playground.

  Academic text (2013)

• In addition, teachers could work together with parents and share their activities and ideas, which could also lead to a decrease in preschoolers' sedentariness at home.

  Academic text (2013)

• Showing preschoolers' data from accelerometers or other objective measurement tools to the teachers may also increase their awareness of sedentariness.

  Academic text (2013)

• Teachers in Belgium, Germany, and Greece reported that the activities preschool children had available on the playground and the types of equipment and other materials in their possession stimulated less sedentariness.

  Academic text (2013)

• Sparling, Owens, Lambert, and Haskell (2000) noted that sedentariness among all ages has become a major health problem.

  Academic text (2006)

• Later, preschools and teachers can be informed about how to decrease sedentariness by introducing high-energy activities in the classroom and on the playground, creating high-activity areas, and making other structural changes in the classroom.

  Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

I

inactivity

vssedentariness

12 3.5

A period of time with no movement or action

is identical in meaning but uses a different word form

T

torpidity

vssedentariness

1 9.9

A state of being inactive and lacking energy

focuses on sitting and low physical movement rather than energy level

I

inactiveness

vssedentariness

5.3

A period of not doing anything or moving

is the idea of long sitting with little physical movement

M

motionlessness

vssedentariness

6.0

A time when a person or thing is completely still

describes reduced activity over time, not absolute stillness

Antonyms

M

movement

696 1.5

A change of place when something moves

E

exercise

455 1.0

Activity that makes your body stronger and healthier

A

activity

362 1.1

A state of being busy and moving

How Sedentary

immobility

4 6.3

sedentariness

8.2

inactivity

12 3.5

activity

362 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology