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Parent and child physical activity and sedentary time: Do active parents foster active children?
BMC Public Health, 2010 Background Physical activity has many positive effects on children's health while TV viewing has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Many children do not meet physical activity recommendations and exceed TV viewing guidelines.
Brockman Rowan +4 more
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Watching T.V. and Playing Video Games and their Relation to Children Obesity between the Ages of (6:12) [PDF]
, 2017 Obesity of newly born children and adolescents increase all over the world. Although ratios are stable in some contexts, the number of children who suffer overweight and obesity in countries of low and medium income increases, compared with the number in
Eid, P. D. (P), Singer, N. (Nermeen)
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2011 Background Television viewing has been associated with poor eating behaviours in adolescents. Changing unhealthy eating behaviours is most likely to be achieved by identifying and targeting factors shown to mediate the association between these ...
Ball Kylie +2 more
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Do television and electronic games predict children's psychosocial adjustment? Longitudinal research using the UK Millennium Cohort Study [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Screen entertainment for young children has been associated with several aspects of psychosocial adjustment. Most research is from North America and focuses on television.
Henderson, M. +3 more
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LOW BACK PAIN IN SCHOOLCHILDREN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN A WESTERN CITY OF SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL [PDF]
Acta Ortopédica Brasileira, 2015 Objective:To determine the prevalence of low back pain in children and its relationship with gender, age, exercise practice and sedentary activities (time on TV and on computer and/or video game).Methods:We conducted a cross-sectional study with a sample
Júlio Alberto Agante Fernandes +5 more
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2010 Introduction High intake of fruit and vegetables and being physically active are associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases. In the current study, we examined the associations of physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and TV/video ...
Horwath Caroline +5 more
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TV watching modifies obesity risk linked to the 27Glu polymorphism of the ADRB2 gene in girls [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVE: A matched case-control study was conducted in a population of Spanish children and adolescents (5-18 years old), to assess the interaction between the Gln27Glu polymorphism of the ADRB2 and television (TV) watching on obesity risk.
Grupo de Estudio Navarro de la Obesidad Infantil (GENOI) +5 more
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Television viewing, computer use, obesity, and adiposity in US preschool children
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2007 Background There is limited evidence in preschool children linking media use, such as television/video viewing and computer use, to obesity and adiposity.
Zimmerman Fred J +2 more
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Screen Exposure and BMI Status in 2-11 Year Old Children [PDF]
, 2014 Objective. To measure the relationship between screen exposure and obesity in a large, urban sample of children and to examine whether the relationship is moderated by sociodemographics. Methods.
Carroll, Aaron E. +2 more
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BMC Cancer, 2017 Background Lifestyle recommendations for cancer survivors are warranted to improve survival. In this study, we aimed to examine the association of total physical activity, different types of physical activity, hours of sleeping at day and night, and ...
Ilka Ratjen +10 more
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