Title: Computational Model for Changing Sedentary Behavior through Cognitive Beliefs and Introspective Body-feelings
Abstract: Sedentary behavior has emerged as a serious risk factor for numerous health outcomes.However, little work has been done to approach the problem through social-cognitive theories.In this study, a network model has been proposed for sedentary behavior intervention based on Influential determinants from major socialcognitive theories i.e., theory of planned behavior and health-belief model.Accounting for these determinants means that we are influencing behavior with a peripheral route, for which we included the somatic markers as a body-feelings in the model.An effective behavior change techniques from literature are used to affect these determinants to change the sedentary behavior.The model has been mathematically represented and simulated using a network-oriented modelling technique for an office employee.