Media, social networking, and pediatric obesity

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1509-1519

  Vandewater, Elizabeth A ^a   Denis, Laurence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Apps; Children; Health behavior; Media; Obesity; Smartphones; Social Media; Technology

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBESITY; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81255211525     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: 15578240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2011.09.012     Document Type: Review

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