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Table 3 Levels of sedentary time in adolescents (13-18 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

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

 Min or %/day

       

 Min or %/weekday

       

 Min or %/weekend day

       

 Min or %/school time

       

 Min or %/leisure time

       

Television time

       

 Min or h/day

       

 Min or h/weekday

   

2.6-2.5-2.3 h(B,FL)50, 2.3-2.4-2.2 h(G,FL)50,

2.2-2.2-2.0 h(B,FR)50, 2.1-1.9-1.8 h(G,FR)50

 

3.0-3.0-2.7 h(B)50,

2.7-2.8-2.6 h(G)50

2.8-2.5-2.3 h(B)50,

2.5-2.3-2.2 h(G)50

 Min or h/weekend day

   

3.7-3.4-3.2 h(B,FL)50, 3.1-3.2-3.1 h(G,FL)50,

3.5-3.4-3.2(B,FR)50, 3.2-3.1-3.1 h(G,FR)50

 

3.9-3.5-3.3 h(B)50, 3.7-3.4-3.2 h(G)50

3.2-3.2-3.0 h(B)50, 2.9-2.9-2.7 h(G)50

 % >2 h/day

  

38(B)45, 33(G)45

40(B,FL)45, 40(G,FL)45, 33(B,FR)45, 26(G,FR)45

60(B)45, 66(G)45

44(B)45, 50(G)45

42(B)45, 38(G)45

 % >2 h/weekday

73(B)51, 75(G)51

73(B)51, 66(G)51

54(B)51, 57(G)51

61(B,FL)51, 59(G,FL)51, 64(B,FR)51, 55(G,FR)51

70(B)51, 72(G)51

66(B)51, 59(G)51

65(B)51, 59(G)51

 % >3 h/weekday

  

3140

40(FL)40, 34(FR)40

 

5340

4740

 % <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day

   

9, 39, 31, 2058

   

 % ≤0.5 h, 1-2 h, 3-4 h, >4 h/schoolday

       

Computer time

       

 Min or h/day

       

 Min or h/weekday

   

1.4-3.3-3.2 h(B,FL)50, 0.9-2.5-2.5 h(G,FL)50,

1.4-2.9-2.8 h(B;FR)50, 0.7-2.4-2.4 h(G,FR)50

 

1.2-2.7-3.8 h(B)50,

0.5-1.6-2.9 h(G)50

1.6-3.2-4.0 h(B)50,

0.7-1.9-3.0 h(G)50

 Min or h/weekend day

   

2.3-4.7-4.7 h(B,FL)50, 1.4-3.4-3.5 h(G,FL)50,

2.5-5.1-4.9 h(B,FR)50, 1.2-4.0-4.2 h(G,FR)50

 

1.9-3.7-5.0 h(B)50,

0.9-2.2-3.9 h(G)50

1.9-4.0-4.8 h(B)50,

0.8-2.4-3.6 h(G)50

 % >1 h/day

       

 % >2 h/day

  

20(B)45, 15(G)45

23(B,FL)45, 23(G,FL)45, 17(B,FR)45, 15(G,FR)45

30(B)45, 24(G)45

12(B)45, 10(G)45

14(B)45, 14(G)45

 % >2 h/weekday

5051

4851

2540, 5351

26(FL)40, 22(FR)40, 60(FL)51, 60(FR)51

6951

2040, 5751

2640, 6551

Videogames time

       

 Min or h/day

       

 % >2 h/day

  

28(B)45, 12(G)45

22(B,FL)45, 8(G,FL)45, 23(B,FR)45, 15(G,FR)45

44(B)45, 18(G)45

25(B)45, 5(G)45

31(B)45, 7(G)45

 % >2 h/weekday

4051

3551

3651

32(FL)51, 49(FR)51

5351

3251

4251

Total screen-time

       

 Min or h/day

       

 Min or h/weekday

       

Total sedentary time

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

 Min or %/day

268 min53, 356 min53

506 min(B)38, 496 min(G)38, 343 min53

    

 Min or %/weekday

454 min(B)37, 457 min(G)37

388 min(B)37, 344 min(G)37, 526 min(B)38, 521 min(G)38

    

 Min or %/weekend day

412 min(B)37, 412 min(G)37

331 min(B)37, 367 min(G)37, 459 min(B)38, 434 min(G)38

    

 Min or %/school time

205 min(B)37, 218 min(G)37

186 min(B)37, 227 min(B)37

    

 Min or %/leisure time

205 min(B)37, 191 min(G)37

168 min(B)37, 187 min(B)37

    

Television time

      

 Min or h/day

      

 Min or h/weekday

2.6-2.4-2.4 h(B)50,

2.5-2.3-2.2 h(G)50

3.4-2.8-2.4(B)50,

3.0-2.7-2.4 h(G)50

2.3-2.0-2.0 h(B)50,

2.3-1.9-1.8 h(G)50

2.3-2.3-2.1 h(B)50,

2.1-2.1-2.0 h(G)50

2.4-2.3-2.1 h(B)50,

2.2-2.1-2.0 h(G)50

2.5-2.7-2.7 h(B)50,

2.1-2.8-2.5 h(G)50

 Min or h/weekend day

3.3-3.2-3.2 h(B)50,

3.1-3.0-3.0 h(G)50

4.0-3.5-3.3(B)50,

3.9-3.5-3.2 h(G)50

3.3-2.8-2.8 h(B)50,

3.1-2.7-2.7 h(G)50

3.2-3.2-3.0 h(B)50,

3.0-2.9-2.9 h(G)50

3.4-3.5-3.3 h(B)50,

3.0-3.1-3.0 h(G)50

3.5-3.6-3.6 h(B)50,

3.3-3.6-3.5 h(G)50

 % >1 h before school

40(B)45, 36(G)45

51(B)45, 50(G)45

28(B)45, 27(G)45

37(B)45, 32(G)45

36(B)45, 33(G)45

48(B)45, 53(G)45

 % >2 h/day

      

 % >2 h/weekday

71(B)51, 68(G)51

59(B)51, 57(G)51

61(B)51, 52(G)51

62(B)51, 58(G)51

66(B)51, 60(G)51

71(B)51, 65(G)51

 % >3 h/weekday

4540

6340

4040

3440, 6451

3940

3840

 % <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day

 

4, 28, 40, 2858

5, 39, 37, 1958

   

 % ≤0.5 h, 1-2 h, 3-4 h, >4 h/schoolday

    

25, 52, 17, 627

 

Computer time

      

 Min or h/day

      

 Min or h/weekday

1.9-3.6-4.3 h(B)50,

1.8-4.4-4.5 h(B)50,

1.4-3.2-3.4 h(B)50,

1.0-2.7-3.3 h(B)50,

1.5-3.2-3.2 h(B)50,

1.2-2.6-3.7 h(B)50,

0.7-2.1-2.9 h(G)50

0.9-3.0-3.5 h(G)50

0.6-2.0-2.5 h(G)50

0.6-1.9-2.6 h(G)50

0.7-2.2-2.6 h(G)50

0.5-1.1-2.3 h(G)50

 Min or h/weekend day

2.3-4.4-5.4 h(B)50,

2.3-5.5-5.7 h(B)50,

2.0-4.2-4.7 h(B)50,

1.5-4.1-4.9 h(B)50,

2.0-4.7-4.8 h(B)50,

1.9-4.2-5.5 h(B)50,

0.8-2.5-3.4 h(G)50

1.1-3.8-4.4 h(G)50

0.8-2.7-3.5 h(G)50

0.9-2.9-3.9 h(G)50

1.0-3.0-3.7 h(G)50

0.8-1.8-3.7(G)50

 % >1 h/day

      

 % >2 h/day

20(B)45, 17(G)45

32(B)45, 30(G)45

17(B)45, 17(G)45

16(B)45, 16(G)45

19(B)45, 17(G)45

10(B)45, 4(G)45

 % >2 h/weekday

2940, 6751

3240, 7251

2340, 5951

1640

2540, 6651

2140, 5951

Videogames time

      

 Min or h/day

      

 % >2 h/day

32(B)45, 8(G)45

41(B)45, 14(G)45

24(B)45, 6(G)45

20(B)45, 6(G)45

25(B)45, 10(G)45

26(B)45, 6(G)45

 % >2 h/weekday

4251

4151

2951

3851

5051

3851

Total screen-time

      

 Min or h/day

      

 Min or h/weekday

      

Total sedentary time

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

 Min or %/day

      

 Min or %/weekday

      

 Min or %/weekend day

      

 Min or %/school time

      

 Min or %/leisure time

      

Television time

      

 Min or h/day

100 min25

     

 Min or h/weekday

2.4-2.3-2.2 h(B)50,

2.2-2.1-2.1 h(G)50

  

2.3-2.3-2.1 h(B)50,

2.5-2.2-2.0 h(G)50

3.4-3.0-2.5 h(B)50,

2.9-2.8-2.5 h(G)50

 

 Min or h/weekend day

4.0-3.7-3.6 h(B)50,

3.9-3.6-3.5 h(G)50

  

2.6-2.6-2.6 h(B)50,

2.6-2.4-2.4 h(G)50

4.4-3.6-3.2 h(B)50,

4.1-3.5-3.2 h(G)50

 

 % >2 h/day

40(B)45, 36(G)45

36(B)45, 29(G)45

 

36(B)45, 37(G)45

  

 % >2 h/weekday

62(B)51, 58(G)51

58(B)51, 54(G)51

56(B)51, 54(G)51

59(B)51, 52(G)51

68(B)51, 67(G)51

58(B)51, 58(G)51

 % >3 h/weekday

3940

 

3840

4340

6340

5740

 % <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day

7, 48, 32, 1458

    

12, 51, 26, 1158

 % ≤0.5 h, 1-2 h, 3-4 h, >4 h/schoolday

 

29, 55, 13, 327

 

20, 48, 23, 927

  

Computer time

      

 Min or h/day

8 min25

     

 Min or h/weekday

1.4-3.0-3.7 h(B)50,

0.7-1.8-2.6 h(G)50

  

1.1-2.3-3.1 h(B)50,

0.7-1.4-2.7 h(G)50

1.4-3.6-3.9 h(B)50,

0.7-2.4-2.8 h(G)50

 

 Min or h/weekend day

2.4-5.2-6.2 h(B)50,

1.2-3.2-4.5 h(G)50

  

1.3-2.7-3.8 h(B)50,

0.8-1.6-3.3 h(G)50

2.0-4.3-4.8 h(B)50,

1.0-2.9-3.5 h(G)50

 

 % >1 h/day

      

 % >2 h/day

18(B)45, 12(G)45

26(B)45, 23(G)45

 

9(B)45, 8(G)45

  

 % >2 h/weekday

2340, 5851

6151

6151

2040, 5551

2740, 6551

2340, 4651

Videogames time

      

 Min or h/day

26 min25

     

 % >2 h/day

24(B)45, 8(G)45

27(B)45, 3(G)45

 

17(B)45, 4(G)45

  

 % >2 h/weekday

4451

4051

3051

4151

3951

4851

Total screen-time

      

 Min or h/day

156 min(B)23, 114 min(G)23

     

 Min or h/weekday

282 min(B)23, 192 min(G)23

     

Total sedentary time

Luxembourg

Moldova

Malta

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

 Min or %/day

    

325 min55

 

367 min55

 Min or %/weekday

    

445 min(B)37, 466 min(G)37

 

411 min(B)37, 435 min(G)37

 Min or %/weekend day

    

385 min(B)37, 402 min(G)37

 

344 min(B)37, 351 min(G)37

 Min or %/school time

    

206 min(B)37, 228 min(G)37

 

206 min(B)37, 217 min(G)37

 Min or %/leisure time

    

189 min(B)37, 190 min(G)37

 

183 min(B)37, 191 min(G)37

Television time

       

 Min or h/day

       

 Min or h/weekday

   

2.8-3.0-2.8 h(B)50,

2.4-2.7-2.6 h(G)50

2.7-2.1-2.0 h(B)50,

2.6-2.2-2.0 h(G)50

3.0-2.6-2.5 h(B)50,

2.6-2.4-2.3 h(G)50

2.8-3.0-2.5 h(B)50,

2.9-3.0-2.5 h(G)50

Min or h/weekend day

   

3.6-3.4-3.2 h(B)50,

3.3-3.3-3.1 h(G)50

3.6-3.0-2.9 h(B)50,

3.3-2.9-2.9 h(G)50

4.0-3.8-3.4 h(B)50,

3.7-3.7-3.4 h(G)50

3.9-4.0-3.8 h(B)50,

3.8-4.0-3.9 h(G)50

 % >2 h/day

32(B)45, 28(G)45

  

50(B)45, 44(G)45

 

55(B)45, 41(G)45

54(B)45, 56(G)45

% >2 h/weekday

66(B)51, 61(G)51

73(B)51, 77(G)51

65(B)51, 54(G)51

73(B)51, 75(G)51

63(B)51, 61(G)51

62(B)51, 64(G)51

55(B)51, 51(G)51

% >3 h/weekday

  

4340

4540

4840

5340

5240

% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day

     

9, 46, 29, 17(Krakow)58;

8, 54, 27, 12(Poznan)58

11, 37, 30, 22(Funchal)58;

5,36, 36, 23(Lisbon)58;

7, 36, 34, 23(Portimao)58;

8, 45, 30, 18(Porto)58

% ≤0.5 h, 1-2 h, 3-4 h, >4 h/schoolday

   

24, 57, 17, 227

 

19, 49, 24, 827

 

Computer time

       

Min or h/day

       

Min or h/weekday

   

1.7-4.6-4.5 h(B)50,

1.9-3.1-3.3 h(B)50,

1.6-4.2-4.8 h(B)50,

1.5-3.8-3.8 h(B)50,

1.0-3.2-3.4 h(G)50

0.8-2.2-2.5 h(G)50

0.8-2.2-3.2 h(G)50

0.7-2.6-2.8 h(G)50

Min or h/weekend day

   

2.4-5.1-4.9 h(B)50,

1.4-3.7-3.6 h(G)50

2.3-4.1-4.1 h(B)50,

1.0-2.8-2.8 h(G)50

2.5-6.0-6.5 h(B)50,

1.3-3.4-4.7 h(G)50

2.2-5.2-5.9 h(B)50,

1.0-3.4-4.3 h(G)50

% >1 h/day

    

26.812

 

29.730

% >2 h/day

18(B)45, 17(G)45

 

31(B)45, 31(G)45

36(B)45, 35(G)45

 

30(B)45, 21(G)45

23(B)45, 22(G)45

% >2 h/weekday

6751

6651

2040, 6951

3140, 7851

3140, 7451

3240, 7051

2540, 4951

Videogames time

       

Min or h/day

       

% >2 h/day

21(B)45, 9(G)45

  

37(B)45, 10(G)45

 

36(B)45, 8(G)45

36(B)45, 14(G)45

% >2 h/weekday

4451

4151

5751

5651

4851

3251

3251

Total screen-time

       

Min or h/day

       

Min or h/weekday

       

Total sedentary time

Romania

Russian Federation

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Min or %/day

     

486 min(B)38, 482 min(G)38

Min or %/weekday

     

498 min(B)38, 503 min(G)38

Min or %/weekend day

     

455 min(B)38, 430 min(G)38

Min or %/school time

      

Min or %/leisure time

      

Television time

      

Min or h/day

87 min25

 

142 min25

   

Min or h/weekday

 

3.2-2.8-2.5 h(B)50,

2.8-2.8-2.6 h(G)50

 

2.5-2.4-2.1 h(B)50,

2.2-2.1-1.9 h(G)50

2.5-2.2-2.2 h(B)50,

2.4-2.1-2.0 h(G)50

2.3-2.1-2.2 h(B)50,

2.2-2.0-2.1 h(G)50

Min or h/weekend day

 

3.9-3.7-3.2 h(B)50,

3.7-3.7-3.4 h(G)50

 

3.3-3.2-2.9 h(B)50,

2.9-3.0-2.8 h(G)50

3.3-3.0-2.7 h(B)50,

3.2-2.8-2.5 h(G)50

3.2-2.8-3.0 h(B)50,

2.9-2.6-2.8 h(G)50

% >2 h/day

40(B)45, 52(G)45

49(B)45, 50(G)45

57(B)45, 56(G)45

39(B)45, 33(G)45

36(B)45, 33(G)45

 

% >2 h/weekday

73(B)51, 75(G)51

63(B)51, 60(G)51

70(B)51, 69(G)51

59(B)51, 50(G)51

63(B)51, 59(G)51

70(B)51, 67(G)51

% >3 h/weekday

 

5640

4040

 

4340

3740

% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day

    

12, 52, 26, 11(A Coruña)58; 13, 50, 27, 11(Asturias)58; 10, 44, 31, 16(Barcelona)58; 12, 47, 27, 14(Bilbao)58; 8, 41, 34, 17(Cartagena)58; 9, 45, 32, 14(Madrid)58; 14, 50, 25, 11(San Sebastian)58, 9, 47, 30, 15(Valencia)58; 8, 46, 31, 15(Valladolid)58

 

% ≤0.5 h, 1-2 h, 3-4 h, >4 h/schoolday

      

Computer time

      

Min or h/day

15 min25

 

3 min25

   

Min or h/weekday

 

1.7-2.8-4.3 h(B)50,

0.7-1.8-3.6 h(G)50

 

1.3-3.1-3.4 h(B)50,

0.6-1.9-2.5 h(B)50

1.1-2.2-3.2 h(B)50,

0.7-1.6-2.8 h(G)50

1.8-3.6-4.1 h(B)50,

0.9-2.3-3.1 h(G)50

Min or h/weekend day

 

2.4-3.8-5.6 h(B)50,

1.0-2.6-4.7 h(G)50

 

2.1-4.2-4.6 h(B)50,

1.1-2.7-3.3 h(G)50

1.8-3.7-4.1 h(B)50,

1.1-2.5-3.7 h(G)50

2.3-4.3-5.1 h(B)50,

1.1-2.7-3.7 h(G)50

% >1 h/day

      

% >2 h/day

24(B)45, 16(G)45

12(B)45, 9(G)45

17(B)45, 13(G)45

17(B)45, 16(G)45

11(B)45, 10(G)45

 

% >2 h/weekday

5951

3040, 7051

2340, 6851

5851

2040, 6751

3240, 7451

Videogames time

      

Min or h/day

16 min25

 

23 min25

   

% >2 h/day

45(B)45, 24(F)45

30(M)45, 13(F)45

35(B)45, 11(G)45

26(B)45, 6(G)45

16(B)45, 7(G)45

 

% >2 h/weekday

4651

4251

4751

2751

3951

4651

Total screen-time

      

Min or h/day

125 min(B)23, 111 min(G)23

 

118 min(B)23, 139 min(G)23

   

Min or h/weekday

152 min(B)23, 120 min(G)23

 

252 min(B)23, 196 min(G)23

   

Total sedentary time

Switzerland

Macedonia

Turkey

Ukraine

UK

Min or %/day

    

356 min53, 362 min53, 352 min53

Min or %/weekday

     

Min or %/weekend day

     

Min or %/school time

     

Min or %/leisure time

     

Television time

     

Min or h/day

    

119 min25

Min or h/weekday

1.8-1.6-1.4 h(B)50,

1.7-1.4-1.3 h(G)50

2.8-2.5-2.4 h(B)50,

2.5-2.5-2.4 h(G)50

 

3.6-2.9-2.5 h(B)50,

3.3-3.0-2.6 h(G)50

2.9-2.7-2.5 h(B,SC)50, 2.8-2.5-2.3 h(G,SC)50,

2.9-2.6-2.6 h(B,WAL)50, 2.9-2.5-2.3 h(G,WAL)50

Min or h/weekend day

2.9-2.6-2.5 h(B)50,

2.6-2.4-2.4 h(G)50

3.5-3.5-3.1 h(B)50,

3.3-3.6-3.2 h(G)50

 

4.5-3.7-3.2 h(B)50,

4.5-4.0-3.3 h(G)50

3.4-3.2-3.2 h(B,SC)50, 3.2-2.8-2.9 h(G,SC)50

3.4-3.2-3.2 h(B,WAL)50, 3.5-3.0-2.9 h(G,WAL)50

% >2 h/day

19(B)45, 17(G)45

44(B)45, 45(G)45

43(B)45, 41(G)45

54(B)45, 57(G)45

37(B, ENG)45, 31(G,ENG)45

% >2 h/weekday

58(B)51, 51(G)51

57(B)51, 56(G)51

 

61(B)51, 64(G)51

67(B,ENG)51, 66(G,ENG)51, 72(B,SC)51, 64(G,SC)51, 72(B,WAL)51, 73(G,WAL)51

% >3 h/weekday

2440

4840

 

6640

52(ENG)40, 50(SC)40, 53(WAL)40

% <1 h/day, 1-3 h/day, 3-5 h/day, >5 h/day

 

3, 34, 41, 2358

   

% ≤0.5 h, 1-2 h, 3-4 h, >4 h/schoolday

    

22, 50, 20, 8(SC)27

Computer time

     

Min or h/day

    

11 min25

Min or h/weekday

1.1-2.2-2.3 h(B)50,

0.6-1.4-1.8 h(G)50

1.4-3.0-3.4 h(B)50,

0.8-2.1-3.4 h(G)50

 

1.1-2.6-2.8 h(B)50,

0.4-1.2-2.1(G)50

2.1-3.9-4.5 h(B,SC)50, 1.2-2.8-3.5 h(G,SC)50,

1.7-3.6-4.2 h(B,WAL)50, 1.0-2.8-3.5 h(G,WAL)50

Min or h/weekend day

1.9-3.8-4.0 h(B)50,

1.0-2.4-3.1 h(G)50

2.0-4.9-6.0 h(B)50,

1.2-3.6-5.2 h(G)50

 

1.6-3.7-3.7 h(B)50,

0.5-1.8-2.9 h(G)50

2.5-4.6-5.6(B,SC)50, 1.3-3.2-4.2 h(G,SC)50,

2.2-4.4-5.1 h(B,WAL)50, 1.3-3.3-4.2 h(G,WAL)50

% >1 h/day

     

% >2 h/day

12(B)45, 8(G)45

16(B)45, 13(G)45

18(B)45, 16(G)45

12(B)45, 5(G)45

25(B,ENG)45, 25(G,ENG)45

% >2 h/weekday

1640, 5351

2640, 5551

 

1740, 6451

37(ENG)40, 39(SC)40, 33(WAL)40,

72(ENG)51, 78(SC)51, 72(WAL)51

Videogames time

     

Min or h/day

    

37 min25

% >2 h/day

11(B)45, 3(G)45

26(B)45, 12(G)45

22(B)45, 8(G)45

25(B)45, 8(G)45

25(B,ENG)45, 8(G,ENG)45

% >2 h/weekday

3151

3651

 

4351

45(ENG)51, 54(SC)51, 50(WAL)51

Total screen-time

     

Min or h/day

     

Min or h/weekday

     
  1. 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, 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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