Table 1
Prevalence of sedentary behaviours, obesity, physical activity level, and fruit and vegetable consumption, by sex, household population aged 20 to 64 years, Canada, 2007

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  Men Women
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
Television viewing (hours per week)
5 or fewer 29.4 28.4 to 30.3 33.0 32.0 to 34.0
6 to 10 28.2 27.1 to 29.2 25.6 24.8 to 26.5
11 to 14 15.9 15.2 to 16.7 17.1 16.3 to 17.8
15 to 20 10.3 9.7 to 10.9 8.9 8.3 to 9.4
21 or more 16.2 15.4 to 17.0 15.4 14.8 to 16.1
Computer use (hours per week)
5 or fewer 64.0 62.9 to 65.1 71.8 70.8 to 72.7
6 to 10 17.7 16.9 to 18.5 14.7 13.9 to 15.4
11 or more 18.3 17.5 to 19.1 13.6 12.9 to 14.3
Reading (hours per week)
5 or fewer 71.1 70.1 to 72.0 62.2 61.3 to 63.2
6 to 10 19.7 18.8 to 20.5 22.7 21.8 to 23.5
11 or more 9.3 8.7 to 9.9 15.1 14.4 to 15.8
Obese (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2) 18.4 17.6 to 19.2 15.9 15.2 to 16.6
Leisure-time physical activity level†
Active (3 or more KKD) 27.7 26.7 to 28.6 23.2 22.4 to 24.1
Moderately active (1.5 to 2.9 KKD) 25.7 24.8 to 26.7 26.4 25.5 to 27.3
Inactive (less than 1.5 KKD) 46.6 45.5 to 47.7 50.4 49.3 to 51.4
Daily fruit and vegetable consumption
Less than 3 times 28.7 27.7 to 29.7 17.8 17.1 to 18.6
3 to less than 5 times 36.5 35.5 to 37.5 32.4 31.5 to 33.4
5 or more times 34.8 33.8 to 35.9 49.8 48.8 to 50.7
† includes time spent walking or bicycling to work/school
Note: KKD is kilocalories per kilogram per day.
Source: 2007 Canadian Community Health Survey.