Research
Objectives
We get 1,440 minutes each day. Each minute we spend sitting is one less minute to be active. Each minute we spend behind a screen is one less minute of quality sleep. The RURAL Time Use Lab is interested in how individuals spend their day and how social, environmental, and societal factors influence those choices. We consider how these contexts differ across the urban-rural continuum and how we can design effective and scalable context-specific behavioral interventions to improve movement compositions (physical activity, screentime/sedentary behavior, and sleep). Interests include: a) Contextual time use and its influence on 24-hour movement behaviors; b) Differences in active living environments across the urban-rural continuum; c) Co-creation of effective and scalable behavioral interventions at multiple levels (home, school, community, policy); d) Youth populations; e) Obesity-related behaviors
