ReviewObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2012
Television viewing associated with adverse dietary outcomes in children ages 2-6.
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- Determinants of dietary behavior among youth: an umbrella review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Pooled it
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- Screen Exposure and Childhood Adiposity in Socially Vulnerable Settings: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2026Article
- A qualitative study examining household context and parental perspectives on preschoolers' digital media use guidelines.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence, inequality and associated factors of overweight/obesity among Bangladeshi adolescents aged 15-19 years.International health · 2024Article
- Longitudinal relationship between screen-based sedentary behavior and nutrient intake in Japanese children: an observational epidemiological cohort study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2024Observational
- Screen time and preschool children: Promoting health and development in a digital world.Paediatrics & child health · 2023Review
- The Relationships of Watching Television, Computer Use, Physical Activity, and Food Preferences to Body Mass Index: Gender and Nativity Differences among Adolescents in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- "It's Been Negative for Us Just All the Way Across the Board": Focus Group Study Exploring Parent Perceptions of Child Screen Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2021Article
- Economic inequality in prevalence of underweight and short stature in children and adolescents: the weight disorders survey of the CASPIAN-IV study.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2021Article
- Extracurricular Sports Participation and Sedentary Behavior in Association with Dietary Habits and Obesity Risk in Children and Adolescents and the Role of Family Structure: a Literature Review.Current nutrition reports · 2021Review
- Race, socioeconomic status, and low-grade inflammatory biomarkers across the lifecourse: A pooled analysis of seven studies.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2021Article
- A qualitative analysis of the social and cultural contexts that shape screen time use in Latino families living on the U.S.-Mexico border.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2020Article
- Parental influences on screen time and weight status among preschool children from Brazil: a cross-sectional study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Relationship between screen time and nutrient intake in Japanese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional observational study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2018Observational
- Unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverage advertising on children's, youth and family free-to-air and digital television programmes in Thailand.BMC public health · 2018Article
- What is the real impact of upper limb cast immobilisation on activity-related energy expenditure in children?BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2018Article
- Screen time and young children: Promoting health and development in a digital world.Paediatrics & child health · 2017Article
- Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.Pediatrics · 2017Review
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Abstract
The aim of this paper was to systematically review the evidence for the association between television viewing and diet in children ages 2-6. Data sources included PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, ERIC, SportDISCUS, Sociological Abstracts, Web of Science and hand searches of reference lists of relevant articles. Twelve studies were reviewed in which the relationship between television viewing and diet was assessed in children between the ages of 2 and 6. All but one study reported significant relationship between television viewing time and adverse dietary outcomes. Parent-reported television viewing time was used to assay child television viewing in all included studies. Food frequency survey was the most frequent method of dietary assessment, and parent served as proxies for children in all studies. Lower fruit and/or vegetable intake was the most frequently reported dietary outcome, followed by increased energy intake with increased television viewing. The majority of studies reported adverse dietary outcomes with as little as 1 h of daily television exposure. While these results are consistent with recommendations from child health advocates to limit television viewing in young children, they also suggest that further efforts to limit television viewing in young children may be needed to aid in obesity prevention.
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