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SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2016

Reducing Recreational Sedentary Screen Time: A Community Guide Systematic Review.

Leigh Ramsey Buchanan, Cherie R Rooks-Peck, Ramona K C Finnie, Holly R Wethington, Verughese Jacob, Janet E Fulton, Donna B Johnson, Leila C Kahwati, Charlotte A Pratt, Gilbert Ramirez and 3 more

Erratum issuedAbstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in American journal of preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 40 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children's screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021
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  5. Sedentary behaviour and adiposity in youth: a systematic review of reviews and analysis of causality.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017
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  6. StandUPTV: a full-factorial optimization trial to reduce sedentary screen time among adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025
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  9. Effects of a Physical Exercise Program and Health Advice on Sedentary Behavior of Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  11. Parenting to Reduce Child Screen Time: A Feasibility Pilot Study.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Leigh Ramsey BuchananCommunity Guide Branch, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Cherie R Rooks-PeckCommunity Guide Branch, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Ramona K C FinnieCommunity Guide Branch, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Holly R WethingtonCommunity Guide Branch, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia. Electronic address: hwethington@cdc.gov.
Verughese JacobCommunity Guide Branch, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Janet E FultonPhysical Activity and Health Branch, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Donna B JohnsonCenter for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Leila C KahwatiRTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Charlotte A PrattClinical Applications and Prevention Branch, Prevention and Population Sciences Program, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
Gilbert RamirezSchool of Public Health, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas.
Shawna L MercerCommunity Guide Branch, Division of Public Health Information Dissemination, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Karen GlanzSchools of Medicine and Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Community Preventive Services Task Force

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextSedentary time spent with screen media is associated with obesity among children and adults. Obesity has potentially serious health consequences, such as heart disease and diabetes. This Community Guide systematic review examined the effectiveness and economic efficiency of behavioral interventions aimed at reducing recreational (i.e., neither school- nor work-related) sedentary screen time, as measured by screen time, physical activity, diet, and weight-related outcomes. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: For this review, an earlier ("original") review (search period, 1966 through July 2007) was combined with updated evidence (search period, April 2007 through June 2013) to assess effectiveness of behavioral interventions aimed at reducing recreational sedentary screen time. Existing Community Guide systematic review methods were used. Analyses were conducted in 2013-2014. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: The review included 49 studies. Two types of behavioral interventions were evaluated that either (1) focus on reducing recreational sedentary screen time only (12 studies); or (2) focus equally on reducing recreational sedentary screen time and improving physical activity or diet (37 studies). Most studies targeted children aged ≤13 years. Children's composite screen time (TV viewing plus other forms of recreational sedentary screen time) decreased 26.4 (interquartile interval= -74.4, -12.0) minutes/day and obesity prevalence decreased 2.3 (interquartile interval= -4.5, -1.2) percentage points versus a comparison group. Improvements in physical activity and diet were reported. Three study arms among adults found composite screen time decreased by 130.2 minutes/day.

conclusionsAmong children, these interventions demonstrated reduced screen time, increased physical activity, and improved diet- and weight-related outcomes. More research is needed among adolescents and adults.

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Community Health ServicesExerciseRecreationSedentary BehaviorAdolescentAdultBehavior TherapyChildHumansObesitySchoolsTelevisionTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID26897342
PMCPMC9664246

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