Influencing factors of screen time in preschool children: An exploration of parents' perceptions through focus groups in six European countries

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  De Decker, E ^a   De Craemer, M ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, I ^a   Wijndaele, K ^a,b,c   Duvinage, K ^d   Koletzko, B ^d   Grammatikaki, E ^e   Iotova, V ^f   Usheva, N ^g   Fernandez Alvira J M ^h   Zych, K ⁱ   Manios, Y ^e   Cardon, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST MARINA   (Bulgaria)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

ⁱ CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer use; Focus groups; Preschool children; TV viewing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; BULGARIA; CHILD; COMPUTER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; TELEVISION VIEWING; WEATHER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CLASS; TELEVISION; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856656832     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00961.x     Document Type: Review

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