The percentage of adults limiting their sedentary time to eight hours or less per day, including three hours or less of recreational screen time differs if sedentary behaviour was self-reported as opposed to captured by a pedometer-like device. Adults reported they spend about 3.2 hours per day in front of screens and 5.7 hours per day sitting. These results mean 58% of Canadians meet the screen time threshold, while 72% meet the overall sedentary time recommendation. However, when measured by accelerometers, total sedentary time was 9.8 hours per day, which means 27% of adults met the recommendations. Too much sedentary time is associated with an increased risk of obesity, hypertension, depression, chronic conditions and diseases, as well as premature mortality.
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October 19, 2022
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