Obesity and low vision as a result of excessive Internet use and television viewing

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-62

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Al Mahdi, Huda S ^d   Ali, Awab I ^c   Al Nufal, Mohammed ^c   Vachhani, Pankit J ^c   Tewfik, Ihab ^e  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; Excessive Internet use; low vision; obesity; television viewing; video game

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TELEVISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TELEVISION; VISION, LOW;

EID: 78651313686     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2010.495711     Document Type: Article

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