Variation in population levels of sedentary time in European children and adolescents according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

Verloigne, Maïté; Loyen, Anne; Van Hecke, Linde; Lakerveld, Jeroen; Hendriksen, Ingrid; De Bourdheaudhuij, Ilse; Deforche, Benedicte; Donnelly, Alan; Ekelund, Ulf; Brug, Johannes; van der Ploeg, Hidde P.

doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0395-5

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2 Levels of sedentary time in children (0-12 years) across European countries

From: Variation in population levels of sedentary time in European children and adolescents according to cross-European studies: a systematic literature review within DEDIPAC

Total sedentary time	Armenia	Albania		Austria	Belgium	Bulgaria	Croatia	Cyprus	Czech Republic
Min, h or %/day					478 min(B)³³, 511 min(G)³³, 232 min⁶⁴
Min or %/weekday
Min or %/weekend day
Min or %/school time					65 %(G)³², 61 %(B)³²
Min or %/leisure time
Television time
Min or h/day				2.2 h⁶¹	116 min(G)^29,FQ, 110 min(B)^29,FQ, 78 min(G)^29,recall, 77 min(B)^29,recall, 2.7 h⁶¹	1.8 h²⁸, 1.8 h⁶⁴			1.2 h²⁸
Min or h/weekday					67 min⁶³	79 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day					116 min⁶³	131 min⁶³
% >1 h before school
% >2 h/day				36(B)⁶², 32(G)⁶²	50(B)⁶², 42(G)⁶²
% >2 h/weekday	48(B)⁵¹, 47(G)⁵¹	51(B)⁵¹, 47(G)⁵¹		50(B)⁵¹, 40(G)⁵¹	55(B,FL)⁵¹, 54(G,FL)⁵¹, 48(B,FR)⁵¹, 43(G,FR)⁵¹	64(B)⁵¹, 66(G)⁵¹	49(B)⁵¹, 47(G)⁵¹		62(B)⁵¹, 48(G)⁵¹
% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day
Computer time
Min or h/day					89 min(B)^29,FQ, 69 min(G)^29,FQ, 47 min(B)^29,recall, 29 min(G)^29,recall	0.7 h²⁸			0.5 h²⁸
Min or h/weekday					15 min⁶³	28 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day					29 min⁶³	44 min⁶³
% >1 h/day				41(B)⁶², 16(G)⁶²	35(B)⁶², 20(G)⁶²
% >2 h/weekday	27⁵¹	20⁵¹		26⁵¹	32(FL)⁵¹, 28(FR)⁵¹	50⁵¹	26⁵¹		35⁵¹
Videogames time
% >2 h/weekday	23⁵¹	28⁵¹		31⁵¹	33(FL)⁵¹, 33(FR)⁵¹	56⁵¹	25⁵¹		37⁵¹
Total screen-time
Min or h/day					205 min(B)^29,FQ, 178 min(G)^29,FQ, 124 min(B)^29,recall, 107 min(G)^29,recall	2.5 h²⁸			1.7 h²⁸
% <1 h/weekday					43⁶³	25⁶³
% <1 h/weekend day					16⁶³	9⁶³
% >2 h/day
% not at all, <0.5 h, 0.5-1 h, 1-2 h, 2-3 h, >3 h/day					2, 13, 32, 28, 15, 11⁵⁵			2, 8, 20, 32, 17, 12⁵⁵
Total sedentary time	Denmark			Estonia	Finland	France	Germany	Greece	Hungary
Min, h or %/day	268 min⁵³, 356 min⁵³			343 min⁵³	8.8 h⁶⁰			526 min(B)³³, 510 min(G)³³,	487 min(B)³³, 475 min(G)³³
Min or %/weekday	311 min(B)³⁷, 309 min(G)³⁷			277 min(B)³⁷, 307 min(G)³⁷
Min or %/weekend day	299 min(B)³⁷, 280 min(G)³⁷			239 min(B)³⁷, 257 min(G)³⁷
Min or %/school time	115 min(B)³⁷, 128 min(G)³⁷			122 min(B)³⁷, 138 min(G)³⁷				61 %(B)³², 66 %(G)³²	65 %(B)³², 70 %(G)³²
Min or %/leisure time	152 min(B)³⁷, 136 min(G)³⁷			132 min(B)³⁷, 146 min(G)³⁷
Television time
Min or h/day	2.2 h⁶¹							126 min(B)^29,FQ, 120 min(G)^29,FQ, 99 min(B)^29,recall, 89 min(G)^29,recall, 2.2 h⁶⁴	123 min(B)^29,FQ, 116 min(G)^29,FQ, 90 min(B)^29,recall, 85 min(G)^{29, recall}
Min or h/weekday							43 min⁶³	89 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day							65 min⁶³	134 min⁶³
% >1 h before school	4³⁹			14³⁹
% >2 h/day	38(B)⁶², 32(G)⁶²				15²⁶
% >2 h/weekday	15³⁹, 60(B)⁵¹, 49(G)⁵¹			42³⁹, 61(B)⁵¹, 56(G)⁵¹	58(B)⁵¹, 55(G)⁵¹	50(B)⁵¹, 39(G)⁵¹	45(B)⁵¹, 36(G)⁵¹	53(B)⁵¹, 45(G)⁵¹	47(B)⁵¹, 40(G)⁵¹
% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day				9, 58, 24, 8⁵⁸					17, 63, 14, 5⁵⁸
Computer time
Min or h/day								88 min(B)^29,FQ, 60 min(G)^29,FQ, 55 min(B)^29,recall, 33 min(G)^29,recall	110 min(B)^29,FQ, 82 min(G)^29,FQ, 75 min(B)^29,recall, 46 min(G)^29,recall
Min or h/weekday							9 min⁶³	18 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day							15 min⁶³	30 min⁶³
% >1 h/day	15³⁹, 39(B)⁶², 13(G)⁶²			16³⁹
% >2 h/weekday	40⁵¹			37⁵¹	33⁵¹	29⁵¹	27⁵¹	25⁵¹	27⁵¹
Videogames time
% >2 h/weekday	53⁵¹			43⁵¹	30⁵¹	33⁵¹	25⁵¹	28⁵¹	34⁵¹
Total screen-time
Min or h/day					2.7⁶⁰		0.7 h⁶⁴	214 min(B)^29,FQ, 179 min(G)^29,FQ, 155 min(B)^29,recall, 122 min(G)^29,recall	233 min(B)^29,FQ, 198 min(G)^29,FQ, 166 min(B)^29,recall, 131 min(G)^29,recall
% <1 h/weekday							71⁶³	29⁶³
% <1 h/weekend day							52⁶³	12⁶³
% >2 h/day	34⁵², 47⁵²			62⁵²	57⁶⁰
% not at all, <0.5 h, 0.5-1 h, 1-2 h, 2-3 h, >3 h/day				1, 6, 19, 24, 18, 32⁵⁵			4, 12, 26, 26, 14, 13⁵⁵		4, 15, 27, 25, 15, 12⁵⁵
Total sedentary time	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Latvia	Lithuania	Luxembourg	Malta	Moldova	Netherlands
Min, h or %/day									447 min(B)³³, 457 min(G)³³
Min or %/weekday
Min or %/weekend day
Min or %/school time									65 %(B)³², 68 %(G)³²
Min or %/leisure time
Television time
Min or h/day	2.0 h⁶¹				1.8 h²⁸				116 min(B)^{29, FQ}, 104 min(G)^{29, FQ}, 83 min(B)^{29, recall}, 67 min(G)^{29, recall}, 2.7 h⁶¹
Min or h/weekday
Min or h/weekend day
% >1 h before school
% >2 h/day	35(B)⁶², 23(G)⁶²								50(B)³⁸, 46(G)³⁸
% >2 h/weekday	40(B)⁵¹, 30(G)⁵¹	46(B)⁵¹, 42(G)⁵¹	47(B)⁵¹, 40(G)⁵¹	63(B)⁵¹, 56(G)⁵¹	59(B)⁵¹, 54(G)⁵¹	44(B)⁵¹, 37(G)⁵¹	53(B)⁴¹, 41(G)⁵¹	54(B)⁵¹, 53(G)⁵¹	61(B)⁵¹, 61(G)⁵¹
% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day					19, 64, 15, 2⁵⁸
Computer time
Min or h/day					0.9 h²⁸				106 min (B)^29,FQ, 81 min (G)^29,FQ, 71 min(B)^29,recall, 45 min(G)^29,recall
Min or h/weekday
Min or h/weekend day
% >1 h/day	36(B)⁶², 12(G)⁶²								53(B)⁶², 26(G)⁶²
% >2 h/weekday	31⁵¹	29⁵¹	27⁵¹	38⁵¹	26⁵¹	27⁵¹	35⁵¹	31⁵¹	42⁵¹
Videogames time
% >2 h/weekday	39⁵¹	31⁵¹	32⁵¹	39⁵¹	40⁵¹	29⁵¹	42⁵¹	36⁵¹	49⁵¹
Total screen-time
Min or h/day					2.6 h²⁸				223 min(B)^29,FQ, 185 min(G)^29,FQ, 153 min(B)^29,recall, 112 min(G)^29,recall
% <1 h/weekday
% <1 h/weekend day
% >2 h/day
% not at all, <0.5 h, 0.5-1 h, 1-2 h, 2-3 h, >3 h/day			2, 8, 20, 27, 19, 24⁵⁵
Total sedentary time	Norway	Poland		Portugal	Romania	Russian Federation		Slovakia	Slovenia
Min, h or %/day	325 min⁵³			367 min⁵³, 9.2 h⁶⁰
Min or %/weekday	298 min(B)³⁷, 314 min(G)³⁷			318 min(B)³⁷, 344 min(G)³⁷
Min or %/weekend day	289 min(B)³⁷, 280 min(G)³⁷			269 min(B)³⁷, 279 min(G)³⁷
Min or %/school time	128 min(B)³⁷, 140 min(G)³⁷			146 min(B)³⁷, 153 min(G)³⁷
Min or %/leisure time	137 min(B)³⁷, 138 min(G)³⁷			153 min(B)³⁷, 169 min(G)³⁷
Television time
Min or h/day	105 min(B)^29,FQ, 97 min(G)^29,FQ, 72 min(B)^29,recall, 62 min(G)^29,recall, 2.2 h⁶¹			1.3 h²⁸, 2.7 h⁶¹					120 min(B)^29,FQ, 108 min(G)^29,FQ, 78 min(B)^29,recall, 68 min(G)^29,recall
Min or h/weekday		71 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day		116 min⁷³
% >1 h before school	9³⁹			15³⁹
% >2 h/day	38(B)⁶², 35(G)⁶²			49(B)⁶², 42(G)⁶²
% >2 h/weekday	25³⁹, 46(B)⁵¹, 41(G)⁵¹	56(B)⁵¹, 49(G)⁵¹		31³⁹, 52(B)⁵¹, 45(G)⁵¹	67(B)⁵¹, 56(G)⁵¹	57(B)⁵¹, 52(G)⁵¹		59(B)⁵¹, 54(G)⁵¹	49(B)⁵¹, 40(G)⁵¹
% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day		18, 69, 11, 3(Krakow)⁵⁸; 11, 73 12, 3(Poznan)⁵⁸		13, 58, 23, 6⁵⁸
Computer time
Min or h/day	91 min(B)^29,FQ, 71 min(G)^29,FQ, 60 min(B)^29,recall, 40 min(G)^29,recall			0.5 h²⁸					93 min(B)^29,FQ, 64 min(G)^29,FQ, 52 min(B)^29,recall, 33 min(G)^29,recall
Min or h/weekday		16 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day		32 min⁶³
% >1 h/day	27³⁹, 24(B)⁶², 10(G)⁶²			27³⁹, 40(B)⁶², 17(G)⁶²
% >2 h/weekday	34⁵¹	35⁵¹		24⁵¹	35⁵¹	42⁵¹		40⁵¹	25⁵¹
Videogames time
% >2 h/weekday	31⁵¹	33⁵¹		25⁵¹	44⁵¹	42⁵¹		43⁵¹	24⁵¹
Total screen-time
Min or h/day	196 min(B)^29,FQ, 168 min (G)^29,FQ, 132 min (B)^29,recall, 101 min (G)^29,recall			1.8 h²⁸, 2.3 h⁶⁰					213 min(B)^{29, FQ}, 174 min(G)^{29, FQ}, 131 min(B)^{29, recall}, 100 min(G)^{29, recall}
% <1 h/weekday		37⁶³
% <1 h/weekend day		16⁶³
% >2 h/day	49⁵²			64⁵², 49⁶⁰
% not at all, <0.5 h, 0.5-1 h, 1-2 h, 2-3 h, >3 h/day
Total sedentary time	Spain	Sweden		Switzerland	Macedonia	Turkey		Ukraine	UK
Min, h or %/day				467 min(B)³³, 498 min(G)³³, 236 min⁵³, 278 min⁵³					356 min⁵³, 362 min⁵³, 352 min⁵³, 192 min(SC)⁵³, 8.3 h⁶⁰
Min or %/weekday
Min or %/weekend day
Min or %/school time
Min or %/leisure time
Television time
Min or h/day	109 min(B)^29,FQ, 97 min(G)^29,FQ, 77 min(B)^29,recall, 64 min(G)^29,recall, 2.2 h⁶¹	1.3 h²⁸, 2.1 h⁶¹
Min or h/weekday	66 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day	122 min⁶³
% >1 h before school
% >2 h/day	37(B)⁶², 31(G)⁶², 8⁶⁴	32(B)⁶², 31(G)⁶²				28²⁶
% >2 h/weekday	43(B)⁵¹, 30(G)⁵¹	58(B)⁵¹, 51(G)⁵¹		32(B)⁵¹, 29(G)⁵¹	46(B)⁵¹, 43(G)⁵¹			52(B)⁵¹, 46(G)⁵¹	51(B,ENG)⁵¹, 51(G,ENG)⁵¹, 60(B,SC)⁵¹, 51(G,SC)⁵¹, 62(B,WAL)⁵¹, 53(G,WAL)⁵¹
% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day	24, 62, 12, 2(A Coruña)⁵⁸; 27, 59, 11, 3(Asturias)⁵⁸; 19, 59, 19, 3(Barcelona)⁵⁸; 34, 54, 10, 2(Bilbao)⁵⁸; 15, 63, 19, 4(Cartagena)⁵⁸; 18, 61, 18, 3(Madrid)⁵⁸; 22, 61, 14, 2(Valencia)⁵⁸
Computer time
Min or h/day	85 min(B)^29,FQ, 63 min(G)^29,FQ, 45 min(B)^29,recall, 25 min(G)^29,recall	0.6 h²⁸
Min or h/weekday	13 min⁶³
Min or h/weekend day	31 min⁶³
% >1 h/day	22(B)⁶², 15(G)⁶²	35(B)⁶², 18(G)⁶²
% >2 h/weekday	22⁵¹	40⁵¹		18⁵¹	36⁵¹			33⁵¹
Videogames time
% >2 h/weekday	23⁵¹	44⁵¹		20⁵¹	34⁵¹			33⁵¹	41(ENG)⁵¹, 51(SC)⁵¹, 49(WAL)⁵¹
Total screen-time									41(ENG)⁵¹, 44(SC)⁵¹, 50(WAL)⁵¹
Min or h/day	193 min(B)^29,FQ, 160 min(G)^29,FQ, 122 min(B)^29,recall, 89 min(G)^29,recall	1.9 h²⁸							2.9 h⁶⁰
% <1 h/weekday	44⁶³
% <1 h/weekend day	12⁶³
% >2 h/day									47(ENG)⁵², 59(ENG)⁵², 68⁶⁰
% not at all, <0.5 h, 0.5-1 h, 1-2 h, 2-3 h, >3 h/day	6, 22, 28, 26, 12, 6⁵⁵

This table displays a summary of the results reported in the articles included in the systematic review; B boys, G girls, min minutes, h hours, FQ usual frequency question, FL Flemish part of Belgium, FR French part of Belgium, ENG England, SC Scotland, WAL Wales; references are displayed in superscript to avoid confusion with the levels of sedentary time

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