Sitting time among adolescents across 26 Asia–Pacific countries: a population-based study

To assess the prevalence of sitting time (ST) and examine sex and age disparities in the prevalence among adolescents from Asia–Pacific countries. We used the Global School-based Student Health Survey data (n = 101,785) from 26 Asia–Pacific countries and computed the pooled prevalence of high ST (≥ 3 h/day) using random effect meta-analysis. We used logistic regression to examine sex and age disparities in the prevalence, and meta-regression to...