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No. 8 Laziest State: South Carolina
Time sleeping: 8 hours, 42 minutes
Time watching TV: 3 hours, 7 minutes
Time relaxing and thinking: 25 minutes
Time socializing: 40 minutes
Time working (averaged over total population ages 15 and older): 3 hours, 26 minutes
Median age: 37.3
Obesity ranking: No. 9 (29.9 percent)
South Carolinians watch more television than all other Americans, according to BLS data. A report by the South Carolina Health & Environmental Control Dept. shows about half of adults do not get the recommended amount of physical activity, only one-third have sidewalks in their neighborhood, and only 37.4 percent use walking trails, parks, playgrounds, and sports fields for physical activity.
