Excess screen time in US children: Association with family rules and alternative activities

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-50

  Gingold, Janet A ^a   Simon, Alan E ^b   Schoendorf, Kenneth C ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; media use; National Survey of Children's Health; physical activity; screen time; sedentary behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENTS; CHILDREN; MEDIA USE; NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCREEN TIME; SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84890103084     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813498152     Document Type: Article

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