Table 1 Gender-specific prevalence rates of the sedentary and low physical activity behaviors in nine European countries participating in the Pro Children study.
TV during dinner Every day | TV viewing > 2 hours/day | Using PC > 1 hours/day | Physical exercise ≤ 3 hours/week | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | N | boy | girl | boy | girl | boy | girl | boy | girl |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
Austria | 1601 | 23.1 | 21.3 | 36.3 | 32.4 | 40.9 | 15.9 | 57.5 | 72.4 |
Belgium | 1295 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 50.1 | 41.9 | 35.4 | 20.0 | 57.8 | 74.7 |
Denmark | 1817 | 18.9 | 14.3 | 37.6 | 31.9 | 39.0 | 13.1 | 62.6 | 65.8 |
Iceland | 1108 | 48.5 | 44.1 | 35.2 | 23.2 | 35.7 | 11.9 | 49.4 | 51.8 |
Netherlands | 1089 | 25.8 | 21.1 | 50.2 | 45.5 | 53.2 | 26.1 | 55.0 | 70.8 |
Norway | 1091 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 38.0 | 34.6 | 23.9 | 10.1 | 66.1 | 77.5 |
Portugal | 2000 | 69.3 | 70.5 | 49.0 | 42.0 | 39.8 | 17.3 | 83.9 | 94.9 |
Spain | 1223 | 59.4 | 52.3 | 36.6 | 31.4 | 21.7 | 15.3 | 63.9 | 78.8 |
Sweden | 1314 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 31.6 | 31.0 | 34.9 | 17.5 | 57.0 | 70.5 |
Total | 12538 | 35.3 | 33.4 | 40.6 | 35.3 | 36.2 | 16.4 | 62.7 | 74.4 |
Means (SD) | 3.5 (3.0) d/week | 3.3 (3.0) d/week | 2.5 (1.7) h/day | 2.2 (1.6) h/day | 1.5 (1.6) h/day | 0.84 (1.1) h/day | 3.2 (2.3) h/week | 2.5 (2.1) h/week | |