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26.1
Algeria
30
15.4
Benin
Cayman
China
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Djibouti
Ecuador
Fiji
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Kenya
Kiribati
Libya
Malaysia
Maldives
Mauritania
Mauritius
Montserrat
Namibia
Niue
Peru
Philippines
Senegal
Seychelles
Solomon
Sri Lanka
St Lucia
St Vincent
Suriname
Thailand
Trinidad and
Uganda
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
19.6
63.4
51.1
22.6
21.3
52
51.3
38.9
36
47.8
40.5
33.1
32.1
32.6
30.6
24.6
29.4
12.6
13.8
42.9
42.6
25.7
25.3
36
35
21.2
24.5
34.2
33 35.9
40
13.4 15.2
27.4
29.7
48.5
46.4
41. 43.2
39.6
39.2
Girls
Boys
42.7
38.3
45.1
50.5
31.8
29.6
25.7
29.5
28.4
24.4
19.9 20.6
28.6
56.2
52.7
27.8
27.1
33.5
34.6
54
56.5
38.2 42.3
41.5
39. 40.5
38.5
52
42.6
27.7
26.7
16.1
22.6
18.5
22. 24.7
25.7
32.7
33.1
4 42.9
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20
30
40
50
60
70
Figure 2.5 Proportion of adolescents in the tropics who spent 3 or more hours a day in
sedentary activities. Sitting, television watching, and playing video games. * No data for
girls. Data source: Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) ( WHO, 2011 ) .
Colombia, Saint Lucia, and the Seychelles spent 3 or more hours a day in
these activities. The Cayman Islands recorded the highest percentage
(57%) of sedentary lifestyle regardless of sex. The proportion of adolescents
who were highly sedentary was similar between boys and girls in most of the
countries, except in the Cayman Islands, where the percentage of highly
sedentary girls was found to be at least 10% higher than the boys. Overall,
 
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