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Increases in amount of time (mean hours/day), spent in sedentary behavior by gender and age, United States, 2003–2004‡
‡ Data source: Matthews et al, 2008
* Females significantly more sedentary at all ages (6–11, p = 0.002, 12–15, p = 0.003, 16–19, p = 0.028.
** p for trend of increasing sedentary behavior, p < 0.001
