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couch pota·to

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. couch potatonoun

    an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television)

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  1. couch potatonoun

    A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.

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  1. couch potato

    Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and or exercise. A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like socializing, watching TV, playing video games, reading or using a mobile phone or computer for much of the day. A sedentary lifestyle contributes to poor health quality, diseases as well as many preventable causes of death.Sitting time is a common measure of a sedentary lifestyle. A global review representing 47% of the global adult population found that the average person sits down for 4.7 to 6.5 hours a day with the average going up every year. The CDC found that 25.3% of all American adults are physically inactive.Screen time is a term for the amount of time a person spends looking at a screen such as a television, computer monitor, or mobile device. Excessive screen time is linked to negative health consequences.

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  1. couch potato

    A couch potato is a colloquially used term for a person who spends most of their free time watching television or engaging in other sedentary activities such as playing video games or browsing the internet, usually while sitting or lying on a couch. This person often leads a lifestyle with minimal physical activity and is often perceived as being lazy.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of couch potato in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of couch potato in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of couch potato in a Sentence

  1. Venkatesh Murthy:

    The main limitations are that this is from a group of men born more than 100 years ago in Sweden, although it’s very likely that the general principles hold today, there probably was n’t much ‘ couch potato ’ behavior in those days.


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