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

Numbers in bold indicate significant (p < 0.05) gender differences in prevalence