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Table 1 Sedentary bouts of different lengths for specific time periods

From: Patterns of objectively measured sedentary time in 10- to 12-year-old Belgian children: an observational study within the ENERGY-project

 

During school hours weekday (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

After-school hours weekday (4:00-6:00 p.m.)

Evening period weekday (6:00-10:00 p.m.)

Weekday

Weekend day

SED bouts 2-5 min

Total bouts

25.06

6.97

10.38

45.46

40.22

Bouts/h

3.40

3.35

3.41

3.33

3.28

SED bouts 5-10 min

Total bouts

8.57

2.11

3.74

15.68

12.99

Bouts/h

1.16b,c

1.06a,c

1.26a,b

1.13d

1.05

SED bouts 10-20 min

Total bouts

3.30

0.55

1.29

6.01

4.69

Bouts/h

0.45b

0.32a,c

0.47b

0.43d

0.37

SED bouts 20-30 min

Total bouts

0.67

0.07

0.23

1.25

0.95

Bouts/h

0.09b

0.05a,c

0.09b

0.09d

0.08

SED bouts ≥30 min

Total bouts

0.29

0.02

0.14

0.82

0.67

Bouts/h

0.04b,c

0.03a,c

0.06a,b

0.06

0.05

  1. SED sedentary
  2. asignificantly different from during school hours period
  3. bsignificantly different from after school hours period
  4. csignificantly different from the evening time period
  5. dsignificantly different from a weekend day