Your health: We spend less than 1 percent of our time exercising

How do you spend your time?

Despite the wide-ranging physical, mental and social benefits of physical activity, the average human will actually spend less than 1 percent of his or her entire life exercising, according to a recent survey by Reebok.

In addition, the average human will spend 6.8 percent of his or her life socializing with someone they love.

The study, conducted by Reebok in partnership with global consultancy Censuswide evaluated nine countries around the world and disclosed that the average human would spend just 0.69 percent of their life exercising - or otherwise defined as 180 of their 25,915 days.,

"If we all traded in 30 minutes of phone time for a jog, we could actually help change the dynamics of global wellness," said Yan Martin, vice president of brand management at Reebok. "This study will hopefully help to push and inspire people to do more. Run one extra lap, climb a few extra stairs."

The study incorporated more than 9,000 respondents from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Mexico, Russia, Korea and Spain. Here are some of the results:

• The average human will spend 29.75 percent of his or her life sitting down, either at work or at home.

• The average human will spend 0.45 percent of his or her life having sex.

• The average human will challenge himself to do something physically tough on average 7.27 times per month. Americans led this group, averaging 9.84 times per month.

• The average human will break a New Year's resolution after 2.72 months.

Reebok also looked at the time we spend on technology devices (mobile, tablet, laptop and other electronic devices) and discovered a staggering result: 41 percent of an average human life is spent engaging with technology.

For details on the Reebok "25,915" survey, visit reebok.com/countyourdays.

Is too much folic acid a problem?

For decades, pregnant women and women who may become pregnant have been advised to take folic acid to help prevent certain birth defects.

But a new study suggests it may be possible to get too much of a good thing - very high levels of the vitamin in mothers' blood at the time of childbirth was linked to higher risk of their children developing autism years later, the Associate Press reports.

Other research points to an opposite relationship between folic acid and autism, showing that adequate amounts of the vitamin at the time of conception can significantly reduce the risk.

Indeed, some experts raised questions about the new research. They note the findings are preliminary numbers, and based on a small number of families seen at only one hospital.

Also, the analysis is based on measures of the vitamin in mothers' blood at the time of delivery, which may not reveal much about what was going on in the women's body at the time of early fetal brain development.

Even the researchers themselves said there's no cause to change current public health recommendations. "We are not suggesting anyone stop supplementation," said one of the researchers, M. Daniele Fallin of Johns Hopkins University's school of public health.

But it raises an intriguing question that should be explored in other research, Fallin said. Two outside experts agreed.

"It's a finding that has plausibility," said Dr. Ezra Susser, a Columbia University professor of epidemiology and psychiatry. He said other researchers have wondered whether too much folic acid can cause problems.