Correlates of video game screen time among males: Body mass, physical activity, and other media use

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Ballard, Mary ^a   Gray, Melissa ^a,b   Reilly, Jenny ^a,b   Noggle, Matthew ^a,b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Exercise; media; Video games

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; EXERCISE; GAME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; MASS MEDIUM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149162952     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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