Sitting, Standing and Health

Nguyen and colleagues report that their “research evaluated the cost-effectiveness of three hypothetical SB interventions: behavioural (BI), environmental (EI) and multi-component intervention (MI). . . . The effectiveness of the modelled interventions in reducing daily sitting time (informed by published meta-analyses) was modelled for the Australian working population aged 20-65 years. . . .  SB [sedentary behaviour] interventions are not cost-effective when a reduction in sitting time is the outcome measure of interest. The cost-effectiveness results are heavily driven by the cost of the sit-stand desks and the small HALYs [health-adjusted life years] gained from reducing sitting time.”

2023. Nguyen, J. Ananthapavan, L. Gao, D. Dustan, and M. Moodie.  2023. “Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Sedentary Behaviour Interventions in Offices to Reduce Sitting Time in Australian Desk-Based Workers: A Modelling Study.” PLoS ONE, vol. 18, no 6, e0287710, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287710