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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Kubik, Martha Y. ; Gurvich, Olga V. ; Fulkerson, Jayne A.
Kubik, Martha Y. ; Gurvich, Olga V. ; Fulkerson, Jayne A. Less -
Description:
Introduction

Television (TV) viewing is popular among adults and children, and child TV-viewing time is positively associated with parent TV-viewing time. Efforts to limit the TV-viewing time of children typically target parent rule-setting. However, little is known about the association between parent TV-viewing practices and rule-setting.

Methods

We used baseline height and weight data and survey data collected from 2011 through 2015 on parents and their 8- to 12-year-old children (N = 212 parent/child dyads) who were participants in 2 community-based obesity prevention intervention trials conducted in metropolitan Minnesota. Multivariable binary logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between parent TV-viewing time on weekdays or weekend days (dichotomized as ≤2 hrs/d vs ≥2.5 hrs/d) and parent rules limiting child TV-viewing time.

Results

Child mean age was 10 (standard deviation [SD], 1.4) years, mean body mass index (BMI) percentile was 81 (SD, 16.7), approximately half of the sample were boys, and 42% of the sample was nonwhite. Parent mean age was 41 (SD, 7.5) years, and mean BMI was 29 (SD, 7.5); most of the sample was female, and 36% of the sample was nonwhite. Parents who limited their TV-viewing time on weekend days to 2 hours or fewer per day were almost 3 times more likely to report setting rules limiting child TV-viewing time than were parents who watched 2.5 hours or more per day (P = .01). A similar association was not seen for parent weekday TV-viewing time.

Conclusion

For most adults and children, a meaningful decrease in sedentariness will require reductions in TV-viewing time. Family-based interventions to reduce TV-viewing time that target the TV-viewing practices of both children and parents are needed.


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Child Humans Parent-Child Relations Parents Television Time Factors
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 14.
Pubmed ID:
28103183
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5268793
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R01 DK084000/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R01 NR013473/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States
R01 DK084000/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R01 NR013473/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Minnesota
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44122/cdc_44122_DS1.pdf
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