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Table 2 Prevalence (95% CI) of for being categorized as sufficiently physically active by European region, country and age group

From: Variations in accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time across Europe – harmonized analyses of 47,497 children and adolescents

European region

Overall region

Country within region

Children (2–9.9 y)

Adolescents (≥10–18 y)

North (n = 28,988)

31 (29,34)

Norway

37 (26, 49)

34 (32,37)

Sweden

33 (28,39)

38 (31,44)

Denmark

32 (24,41)

29 (21,37)

Finland

25 (11,38)

29 (15,43)

Estonia

28 (23,32)

40 (29,52)

UK

31 (21,40)

30 (27,32)

Central (n = 9287)

26 (20,32)

France

N/A

28 (23,33)

Germany

33 (28,38)

24 (10,38)

Austria

N/A

34 (27,40)

Swiss

38 (25, 51)

43 (37,48)

Belgium

18 (10,26)

20 (16,23)

Hungary

22 (19,25)

38 (31,46)

South (n = 9222)

23 (20,27)

Portugal

25 (21,29)

24 (19,29)

Spain

25 (21,28)

33 (29,37)

Italy

N/A

21 (17,26)

Malta

N/A

14 (10,19)

Cyprus

13 (9,16)

N/A

Greece

N/A

27 (22,33)

  1. All estimates are adjusted for sex, age, wear time, country, season, study year and ActiGraph models. Study used as cluster variable