Average Obese Woman Gets 1 Hour of Exercise a Year (Men only 3.6 hours)

Yesterday I read a new study that stated the average obese woman gets only one hour of exercise a year.  Man only do slightly better at 3.6 hours yearly. Another study stated 1 out of 3 people in the US is obese.  That means that 33% of the US population gets less than 3.6 hours of exercise year. (16% gets less than one hour a year). 

The study defined "vigorous" exercise as activities that burn fat like jogging and jumping rope, but not sexual activity.  Sexual activity?! Oh...that to easy to make a joke about.  I'm not touching that one.

Just to put this more into perspective.  Here are the average number of hours a year that people spend on other activities (per a 2012 study): (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t01.htm)

	Men	Women
Personal care activities.	3365.30	3555.10
Sleeping	3139.00	3233.90
Eating and drinking	474.50	438.00
Household activities.	470.85	792.05
Housework.	102.20	328.50
Food preparation and cleanup	102.20	273.75
Lawn and garden care	91.25	43.80
Household management	36.50	54.75
Purchasing goods and services	219.00	306.60
Consumer goods purchases	98.55	156.95
Professional and personal care services.	21.90	36.50
Caring for and helping household members.	127.75	240.90
Caring for and helping household children.	98.55	193.45
Caring for and helping nonhousehold members	58.40	73.00
Caring for and helping nonhousehold adults	21.90	18.25
Working and work-related activities	1522.05	1073.10
Working.	1365.10	974.55
Educational activities.	193.45	171.55
Attending class.	109.50	94.90
Homework and research.	65.70	58.40
Organizational, civic, and religious activities	94.90	138.70
Religious and spiritual activities	43.80	65.70
Volunteering (organizational and civic activities)	40.15	54.75
Leisure and sports.	2113.35	1814.05
Socializing and communicating.	262.80	277.40
Watching television.	1120.55	952.65
Telephone calls, mail, and e-mail	40.15	73.00

Links to the report summary.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-average-obese-woman-hour-year.html

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20140220/average-obese-woman-gets-just-1-hour-of-exercise-a-year-study

 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.t02.htm