Association between TV viewing, computer use and overweight, determinants and competing activities of screen time in 4- to 13-year-old children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-53

  De Jong, E ^a,b   Visscher, T L S ^a,b   Hirasing, R A ^b   Heymans, M W ^a,b   Seidell, J C ^a,b   Renders, C M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

childhood overweight; computer use; home environment; intervention; parents; TV viewing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEVISION VIEWING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELEVISION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84872118846     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.244     Document Type: Article

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