Adults more sedentary than they think

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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