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Long-term disability Tackling sedentary behaviours with young people who are non-ambulant Marilyn Bradbury from The DoMore Study are looking at tackling sedentary behaviours with young people who are non-ambulant 83 The DoMore Study aims to help children and young people with long-term disabilities who cannot walk, spend less time being sedentary. This will be achieved by co-designing a new digitally enabled intervention in partnership with children and young people aged 12-25, their families, professionals (including those working in education) and experts. Reducing sedentary time Being sedentary means sitting or lying down whilst awake, and not using much energy. Evidence suggests long periods of sedentary time can increase the risk of poor health, for example obesity, cardiac conditions and type II diabetes. Children with disabilities spend more time being sedentary than children who don’t have a disability. There are no evidence-based interventions to help young people with disabilities to reduce their sedentary time. The intervention we develop in the DoMore study will be the first of its kind. senmagazine.co.uk SEN112