The Worldwide Association between Television Viewing and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Cross Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Braithwaite, Irene ^a   Stewart, Alistair W ^b   Hancox, Robert J ^c   Beasley, Richard ^a   Murphy, Rinki ^b   Mitchell, Edwin A ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; TELEVISION;

EID: 84884536374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074263     Document Type: Article

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