Television Use and Snacking Behaviors Among Children and Adolescents in China

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Parvanta, Sarah A ^a   Brown, Jane D ^b   Du, Shufa ^c   Zimmer, Catherine R ^d   Zhao, Xinshu ^b   Zhai, Fengying ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Chinese Center for Decease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; China; Commercials; Nutrition; Snacking; Television; TV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 77949487804     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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