RT Journal A1 Chaput J, Janssen I, Spence JC T1 TIme spent sedentary and active and cardiometabolic risk factors in children JF JAMA JO JAMA YR 2012 FD May 16 VO 307 IS 19 SP 2024 OP 2025 DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3629 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3629 AB First, different types of sedentary behavior may have different metabolic effects and future studies should therefore investigate specific sedentary behaviors and not only the total accumulated time spent sedentary. For instance, sleeping 6 hours or less or more than 8 hours per night,2 TV viewing,3 and video game playing4 have been negatively associated with cardiometabolic health.