Excessive sedentary behaviors
Code: 00355
Domain: 1.
Health Promotion
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Class: 1.
Health Awareness
Definition
Unsatisfactory activity pattern during waking hours that has low energy expenditure.
Diagnostic Details
- Approved: 2023
- Evidence Level: 3.2
- Status: Problem-focused
Focus & Judgment
- Focus: Behavior
- Judgment: Excessive
Defining Characteristics
- • Decreased physical activity
- • Decreased physical endurance
- • Difficulty managing daily activities
- • Excessive screen time
- • Fatigue
- • Physical deconditioning
- • Preference for activities with low physical effort
- • Frequent naps
Related Factors
- • Conflict between cultural beliefs and health practices
- • Difficulty adapting areas for physical activity
- • Exceeds screen time recommendations for age
- • Impaired physical mobility
- • Inadequate interest in physical activity
- • Inadequate knowledge of consequences of sedentarism
- • Inadequate knowledge of health benefits associated with physical activity
- • Inadequate motivation for physical activity
- • Inadequate physical endurance
- • Inadequate physical resources for physical activity
- • Inadequate role models
- • Inadequate self-efficacy
- • Inadequate self-esteem
- • Inadequate social support
- • Inadequate time management skills
- • Inadequate training for physical exercise
- • Negative affect toward physical activity
- • Pain
- • Parenting practices that inhibit child's physical activity
- • Perceived physical disability
- • Perceived safety risk
At Risk Population
- • Adolescents
- • Cisgender women
- • Individuals living in urban areas
- • Individuals living with a partner
- • Individuals with high educational level
- • Individuals with high socioeconomic status
- • Individuals with significant time constraints
- • Individuals ≥ 60 years of age
- • Married individuals
Last updated: Dec 28, 2025