Effect of electronic time monitors on children's television watching: Pilot trial of a home-based intervention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 413-417

  Ni Mhurchu, Cliona ^a   Roberts, Vaughan ^a   Maddison, Ralph ^a   Dorey, Enid ^a   Jiang, Yannan ^a   Jull, Andrew ^a   Tin Tin, Sandar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child; Electronics; Family; Intervention study; Television

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PEDOMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIBLING RELATION; SITTING; TELEVISION VIEWING;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350449923     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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