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Spinal pain in pre-adolescence and the relation with screen time and physical activity behavior

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background To investigate how screen time and physical activity behavior were associated with spinal pain in pre-adolescence. Methods This study included 45,555 pre-adolescents who participated in the 11-year follow-up of the Danish National Birth Cohort.
Anne Cathrine Joergensen, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Per Kragh Andersen, Lise Hestbaek, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen   +4 more
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Promoting active lifestyles in young children: investigating mothers’ decisions about their child’s physical activity and screen time behaviours [PDF]

, 2013
Objectives: Given increasing trends of obesity being noted from early in life and that active lifestyles track across time, it is important that children at a very young age be active to combat a foundation of unhealthy behaviours forming.
White, Katherine M, Thomson, Courtney E, Thomson, Courtney E., White, Katherine M., Hamilton, Kyra   +4 more
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Real Life Active Gaming Practices of 7–11-Year-Old Children [PDF]

, 2013
Objective: In the laboratory, active gaming has been shown to increase physical activity levels in children compared with seated media activities. The information is sparse, however, about children's real life active gaming practices, and the laboratory ...
Allsop, Susan, Allsop, S., Dodd-Reynolds, C., Debuse, D., Rumbold, P., Rumbold, Penny, Reynolds, Caroline, Debuse, Dorothée   +7 more
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Screen-time influences children's mental imagery performance [PDF]

, 2020
Mental imagery is a foundational human faculty that depends on active image construction and sensorimotor experiences. However, children now spend a significant proportion of their day engaged with screen-media, which (a) provide them with ready-made ...
Sebastian P. Suggate, Suggate, Sebastian P, Philipp Martzog, Suggate, Sebastian, Martzog, Philipp   +4 more
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Influences on physical activity and screen time amongst postpartum women with heightened depressive symptoms: a qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Postpartum women are at higher risk of depression compared to the general population. Despite the mental health benefits an active lifestyle can provide, postpartum women engage in low physical activity and high screen time.
Maria Apostolopoulos, Jill A. Hnatiuk, Jaimie-Lee Maple, Ellinor K. Olander, Leah Brennan, Paige van der Pligt, Megan Teychenne   +6 more
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Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Sleep Duration of Children Aged 6–9 Years in 25 Countries: An Analysis within the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) 2015–2017

Obesity Facts, 2020
Background: Children are becoming less physically active as opportunities for safe active play, recreational activities, and active transport decrease. At the same time, sedentary screen-based activities both during school and leisure time are increasing.
Stephen Whiting, Marta Buoncristiano, Peter Gelius, Karim Abu-Omar, Mary Pattison, Jolanda Hyska, Vesselka Duleva, Sanja Musić Milanović, Hana Zamrazilová, Tatjana Hejgaard, Mette Rasmussen, Eha Nurk, Lela Shengelia, Cecily C. Kelleher, Mirjam M. Heinen, Angela Spinelli, Paola Nardone, Akbota Abildina, Shynar Abdrakhmanova, Gulmira Aitmurzaeva, Zhamyila Usuopva, Iveta Pudule, Aušra Petrauskiene, Victoria Farrugia Sant’Angelo, Enisa Kujundzic, Stevo Popovic, Anne-Siri Fismen, Ingunn Holden Bergh, Anna Fijalkowska, Ana Isabel Rito, Alexandra Cucu, Lacramioara Aurelia Brinduse, Valentina Peterkova, Andrea Gualtieri, Marta García-Solano, Enrique Gutiérrez-González, Zulfinissio Abdurrahmonova, Khadichamo Boymatova, Nazan Yardim, Maya Tanrygulyyeva, Daniel Weghuber, Karin Schindler, Dragana Stojisavljević, Aida Filipović Hadžiomeragić,, Eliza Markidou Ionnaidu, Wolfgang Ahrens, Maria Hassapidou, Viktoria Anna Kovacs, Sergej M. Ostojic, Lubica Ticha, Gregor Starc, Kenisha Russell Jonsson, Igor Spiroski, Harry Rutter, Romeu Mendes, Julianne Williams, Ivo Rakovac, João Breda   +57 more
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Replacing Non-Active Video Gaming by Active Video Gaming to Prevent Excessive Weight Gain in Adolescents. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of and adherence to an active video game promotion intervention on anthropometrics, sedentary screen time and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and snacks among non-active video gaming ...
Monique Simons, Johannes Brug, Mai J M Chinapaw, Michiel de Boer, Jaap Seidell, Emely de Vet   +5 more
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Patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel: a compositional data analysis

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) is associated with favourable health outcomes in adults. However, little is known about the concurrent patterns of health behaviour associated with active travel.
Louise Foley, Dorothea Dumuid, Andrew J. Atkin, Timothy Olds, David Ogilvie   +4 more
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Objective Evaluation of Active Interactions between the Operator and Display Screen Equipment Using an Innovative Acquisition System

Bioengineering, 2023
The occupational risk of operators using display screen equipment (DSE) is usually evaluated according to the extent of time spent in active operator–DSE interactions. Risk assessment is based on activity data collected through questionnaires.
Giuseppe De Palma, Emma Sala, Sofia Rubino, Simone Dalola, Marco Ferrari, Daniele Marioli, Pietro Apostoli, Cesare Tomasi, Francesca Righetti, Flavia Mattioli, Vittorio Ferrari   +10 more
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Is screen time really harmful to children?

, 2023
“Doctor, is it safe to give my eight-year-old son a handphone? Isn’t screen time good for children?” It’s easy to answer that with a resounding no, but that’s oversimplifying the issue, and the topic of screen time among children and teenagers is complex
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