3.2.5. Sitting Time

The statistical analysis indicated a significant increase in the number of sitting hours/day by 34% during home confinement (*p* < 0.001).

As depicted in Figure 1, significant differences were reported in the energy expenditure expressed as (MET-min/week) before and during home confinement (*p* < 0.001).

**Figure 1.** Overall MET-min/week (pre and during COVID-19). Total weekly energy expenditure (MET-min/week) pre-home confinement, during home confinement, and the difference between preand during home confinement. Legend: \*\*\*\*: (*p* < 0.001).

Following the IPAQ recommendations for scoring protocol, participants were assigned to one of the three PA categories (i.e., < 600; ≥ 600; ≥ 3000 MET–min/week). For the prehome confinement condition, results revealed that 49 participants belonged to the low

activity category (3%), 801 were moderately active (49.1%), and 783 (47.9%) participants were highly active. In this regard, results for during the home confinement condition revealed an increase in the low activity category (*n* = 311; 19%) and in the moderate activity category (*n* = 1069; 65.5%), while a decline in the number of high activity participants was found (*n* = 253; 15.5%).
