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Algeria
31.5
25.4
Benin
Cayman
China
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Djibouti
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt
Fiji
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kiribati
Libya
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritania
Mauritius
Montserrat
Namibia
Nauru
Niue
∗
Peru
Philippines
Senegal
Seychelles
Solomon
Sri Lanka
St Lucia
St Vincent
Suriname
Thailand
Trinidad and
Uganda
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
32.9
11.7
19.8
17.2
24.9
12.8
18.1
19
34.5
35.9
44.3
9.2
18.8
22.6
24.8
5.8
12.2
10.3
23
30
37.1
12.6
13.8
13.1
18.1
19.2
19.1
28.6
23.8
29.1
31
17.1
15.7
10.1
14.2
21.9
32.8
10.8
21
15.3
30.2
24.5
Girl
29.5
10.9
Boy
21.5
24.5
23.6
22.1
41
9.
10.2
12.5
17.5
41.4
22.2
27
13.1
14.8
15.4
13.9
6.2
24.1
25.1
30
11.1
17.4
17.4
14
11.4
15.6
23.6
30.5
8.9
22.3
22.9
36
14.4
16.1
46.7
45.7
4.8
11.8
12.3
16.8
10.2
9.7
11.6
14.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Figure 2.4 Proportion of adolescents in the tropics who met physical activity recom-
mendation. Be physically active for a total of at least 60 min a day.
*
No data for girls.
Data source: Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) (
WHO, 2011
).
recommendations. In comparison to girls, boys from these countries were
found to be more physically active. Globally, this sex difference has now
become evident in not only the younger populations (
Butcher, Sallis,
Fairclough, & Stratton, 2010
)
but also among adults (
Bauman et al.,
For sedentary activities, which included sitting, watching television, and
