To investigate the relationship between smartphone use, television viewing, and the "active couch potato" in sufficiently active adults. A sample of 328 sufficiently active adults aged 18 to 80 years (mean ± SD = 38 ± 15 years) completed surveys assessing smartphone use, television viewing, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. Active couch potatoes were defined as individuals who met physical activity guidelines and engaged in 8 or more hours per day of sedentary behavior. Mean smartphone use was 4.04 ± 3.74 hours per day. There were 128/328 (39%) participants coded as active couch potatoes. Active couch potato was significantly positively (Wald = 7.326, = .007) associated with smartphone use. Being an active couch potato was not (Wald = 0.658, = .417) associated with television viewing. Sedentary behavior and smartphone use were significantly greater ( ≥ 3.55, < .001) among active couch potatoes (11.35 ± 3.25 hours sitting per day, 4.95 ± 4.5 hours smartphone use per day) than sufficiently active, nonsedentary individuals (5.06 ± 1.64 hours sitting per day, 3.45 ± 3.04 hours smartphone use per day). In sufficiently active adults, smartphone use predicted being an active couch potato and television viewing did not.
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