Internet use, videogame playing and cell phone use as predictors of children's body mass index (BMI), body weight, academic performance, and social and overall self-esteem

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 599-604

  Jackson, Linda A ^a   Von Eye, Alexander ^a   Fitzgerald, Hiram E ^a   Witt, Edward A ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phones; Information technology (IT) use; Internet; Videogames

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIANS; CELL PHONE; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (IT); INTERNET USE; SCREEN TIME; SPATIAL SKILLS; VIDEO GAME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78449280348     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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