Beyond Screen Time: Assessing Recreational Sedentary Behavior among Adolescent Girls

Table 1

Percentage of girls participating in recreational sedentary behaviors and time spent engaging in behavior on weekdays and weekend days.

	Weekdays			Weekend days
	% (n) reporting behavior	Median (blocks/day) among all girls	Median (blocks/day) among girls reporting behavior	% (n) reporting behavior	Median (blocks/day) among all girls	Median (blocks/day) among girls reporting behavior
Watching TV	64.7 (154)	1.5	3.0	71.8 (171)	2.0	3.5
Hanging around	52.5 (125)	0.5	2.0	63.9 (152)	1.5	3.8
Talking on phone	46.6 (111)	0	2.0	48.7 (116)	0	2.0
Listening to music	39.5 (94)	0	1.3	47.1 (112)	0	1.5
Internet use	35.7 (85)	0	2.0	40.3 (96)	0	2.0
Reading	25.6 (61)	0	1.5	29.0 (69)	0	1.5
Playing video games	8.4 (20)	0	1.0	9.7 (23)	0	1.5
All recreational sedentary behaviors	95.0 (226)	7.0	8.0	96.6 (230)	10.3	10.8

Note: A block represents the majority of a 30-minute period.