Scandiffio JA, et al. - Researchers investigated if time spent in different types of sedentary behavior during adolescence are linked with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. Among 3,942 adolescents aged 16 years who were part of the 1970 British Cohort Study, they employed a questionnaire asking participants to indicate how much time they spent watching TV and videos, using the computer, reading, and doing homework, to determine their sedentary behavior. A total of 91 incident cases of type 2 diabetes were identified with an incidence rate of 9 cases/10,000 person-years. Findings revealed an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in correlation with spending more than 4 h/day watching television and videos at age 16. Conversely, there was no correlation of using a computer and non-screen based sedentary behaviors with type 2 diabetes risk.