The Association of Screen Time, Television in the Bedroom, and Obesity Among School-Aged Youth: 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health

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• Alternative Title:
  J Sch Health
• Personal Author:
  Wethington, Holly ; Pan, Liping ; Sherry, Bettylou
• Description:
  BACKGROUND ; Among school-aged youth, we sought to identify characteristics associated with (1) exceeding screen time recommendations (ie, television/videos/video games more than 2 hours/weekday), and (2) exceeding screen time recommendations, the presence of a television in the bedroom, and obesity. ; METHODS ; Using 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health data, we used multivariable logistic regression to identify sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics associated with excessive screen time among 6 to 11- and 12 to 17-year-olds on a typical weekday. For 12 to 17-year-olds only, we used logistic regression to examine the odds of obesity using the same variables as above, with the addition of screen time. ; RESULTS ; Overall, 20.8% of 6 to 11-year-olds and 26.1% of 12 to 17-year-olds had excessive screen time. For both age groups, having a bedroom TV was significantly associated with excessive screen time. For the older age group, the dual scenario of excessive screen time with a bedroom TV had the strongest association with obesity (OR = 2.5, 95% CI 1.9, 3.2). ; CONCLUSIONS ; Given the similar risk factors for excess screen time and having a TV in the bedroom, a public health challenge exists to design interventions to reduce screen time among school-aged youth.
• Subjects:
  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Data Collection
  • Family Characteristics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Motor Activity
  • Obesity
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• Keywords:
  • child and adolescent health
  • public health
  • physical fitness and sport
  • nutrition and diet
• Source:
  J Sch Health. 83(8):573-581
• Pubmed ID:
  23834609
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4681440
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  83
• Issue:
  8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36883/cdc_36883_DS1.pdf
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:d86dcfcebc878f7e1cd64ffbbc38455ede50a8c89e1de0884a1f22d550c85296