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Table 2 Levels of sedentary time in adults across European countries. This table displays a summary of the results reported in the articles included in the systematic review

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

 

Total sedentary time

Screen time

 

Mean min/day total sedentary time [17, 1922, 2426] a

% sitting > 7.5 h/day [19, 20]

Mean hours/week videogames playing [23]

Austria

2002: 306

2002: 23.7

 

2005: 303

2005: 18.1

 

2013: 329 [20]

2013: 19.7 [20]

 

Belgium

2002: 321

2002: 25.6

 

2005: 343

2005: 28.6

 

2013: 301 [20]

2013: 19.6 [20]

 

300 (M) [21]

  

313 [22]

  

517 [24]

  

507 [26]

  

Bulgaria

298 [17]

19.7 [19]

 

300 (M) [19]

  

Croatia

308 [17]

22.7 [19]

 

300 (M) [19]

  

Cyprus

2005: 368

2005: 35.3

 

2013: 298 [20]

2013: 19.9 [20]

 

Czech Republic

2005: 386

2005: 37.7

 

2013: 327 [20]

2013: 26.8 [20]

 

360 (M) [21]

  

Site A: 486; Site B: 508 [26]

  

Denmark

2002: 392

2002: 36.6

 

2005: 387

2005: 35.0

 

2013: 369 [20]

2013: 33.9 [20]

 

572 [26]

  

Estonia

2005: 335

2005: 26.6

 

2013: 314 [20]

2013: 23.7 [20]

 

M: 455; F: 469 [25] (25 yrs old)

  

Finland

2002: 362

2002: 33.2

 

2005: 346

2005: 31.9

 

2013: 339 [20]

2013: 25.0 [20]

 

France

2002: 292

2002: 19.3

 

2005: 287

2005: 18.3

 

2013: 293 [20]

2013: 19.3 [20]

 

442 [24]

  

Germany

East 2002: 340

East 2002: 28.0

 

2005: 314

2005: 22.9

 

2013: 284;

2013: 16.4;

 

West 2002: 337

West 2002: 26.5

 

2005: 337

2005: 25.1

 

2013: 298 [20]

2013: 19.9 [20]

 

Greece

2002: 310

2002: 23.0

 

2005: 371

2005: 34.7

 

2013: 305 [20]

2013: 20.6 [20]

 

Hungary

2005: 271

2005: 18.0

 

2013: 253 [20]

2013: 11.7 [20]

 

530 [24]

  

Ireland

2002: 286

2002: 18.3

 

2005: 291

2005: 17.4

 

2013: 267 [20]

2013: 11.9 [20]

 

Italy

2002: 335

2002: 25.9

 

2005: 268

2005: 14.4

 

2013: 267 [20]

2013: 11.3 [20]

 

Latvia

2005: 273

2005: 20.6

 

2013: 290 [20]

2013: 18.3 [20]

 

Lithuania

2005: 266

2005: 19.7

 

2013: 298 [20]

2013: 17.2 [20]

 

360 (M) [21]

  

Luxembourg

2002: 333

2002: 27.5

 

2005: 324

2005: 26.5

 

2013: 322 [20]

2013: 26.0 [20]

 

Malta

2005: 251

2005: 14.6

 

2013: 254 [20]

2013: 16.0 [20]

 

Netherlands

2002: 357

2002: 28.4

9.8 (RE; mean age 23 yrs)

2005: 410

2005: 42.0

3.9 (DE; mean age 38 yrs)

2013: 376 [20]

2013: 34.4 [20]

 

569 [24]

  

Norway

360 (M) [21]

  

Poland

2005: 335

2005: 29.4

 

2013: 280 [20]

2013: 18.7 [20]

 

Portugal

2002: 234

2002: 11.8

 

2005: 198

2005: 10.9

 

2013: 231 [20]

2013: 10.1 [20]

 

150 (M) [21]

  

330 [22]

  

Romania

191 [17]

14.3 [19]

 

240 (M) [19]

  

Slovak Republic

2005: 321

2005: 24.0

 

2013: 312 [20]

2013: 21.6 [20]

 

Slovenia

2005: 309

2005: 26.6

 

2013: 249 [20]

2013: 14.7 [20]

 

Spain

2002: 296

2002: 18.8,

 

2005: 281

2005: 16.5

 

2013: 265 [20]

2013: 9.7 [20]

 

300 (M) [21]

  

544 [26]

  

Sweden

2002: 355

2002: 29.6

 

2005: 343

2005: 28.7

 

2013: 357 [20]

2013: 29.8 [20]

 

300 (M) [21]

  

M: 483; F: 469 [25] (21 yrs old)

  

Turkey

305 [17]

  

United Kingdom

GB 2002: 295

GB 2002: 19.2

9.2 (SC; mean age 27 yrs)

2005: 325

2005: 23.3

 

2013: 300;

2013: 19.4;

 

NI 2002: 301

NI 2002: 23.0

 

2005: 299

2005: 19.5

 

2013: 279 [20]

2013: 18.5 [20]

 

620 [24]

  

499 [26]

  
  1. M = median; Site A = Olomouc; Site B = Hradec Kralove; M = males; F = females; yrs = years; RE = Regular Education; DE = Distant Education; GB = Great Britain; NI = Northern Ireland; SC = Scotland
  2. a.Article [22] reported sitting minutes per week instead of per day. For comparison purposes, we divided these numbers by 7 to calculate minutes per day