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ReviewPediatrics2017

Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.

Thomas N Robinson, Jorge A Banda, Lauren Hale, Amy Shirong Lu, Frances Fleming-Milici, Sandra L Calvert, Ellen Wartella

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In one paragraph

Review in Pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 259 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
259citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
145.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

259 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 587 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tracking and changes in the clustering of physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet, and sleep across childhood and adolescence: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  17. Association of early childhood lifestyle patterns with overweight in preschoolers and timing of adiposity rebound.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026
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199 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas N RobinsonStanford Solutions Science Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California; tom.robinson@stanford.edu.
Jorge A BandaStanford Solutions Science Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Lauren HaleProgram in Public Health, Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
Amy Shirong LuDepartment of Communication Studies, College of Arts, Media and Design, and.
Frances Fleming-MiliciRudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut.
Sandra L CalvertChildren's Digital Media Center, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia; and.
Ellen WartellaCenter on Media and Human Development, School of Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Georgetown University · USNortheastern University · USNorthwestern University · USStanford Health Care · USStanford University · USStony Brook University · USUniversity of Connecticut · US

Funding

The Narrative Effect of Active Video Games on Long-term Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical ActivityR01DK109316 · NIDDK · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LU, AMY SHIRONG · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is one of the best-documented outcomes of screen media exposure. Many observational studies find relationships between screen media exposure and increased risks of obesity. Randomized controlled trials of reducing screen time in community settings have reduced weight gain in children, demonstrating a cause and effect relationship. Current evidence suggests that screen media exposure leads to obesity in children and adolescents through increased eating while viewing; exposure to high-calorie, low-nutrient food and beverage marketing that influences children's preferences, purchase requests, consumption habits; and reduced sleep duration. Some evidence also suggests promise for using interactive media to improve eating and physical activity behaviors to prevent or reduce obesity. Future interdisciplinary research is needed to examine the effects of newer mobile and other digital media exposures on obesity; to examine the effectiveness of additional interventions to mitigate the adverse effects of media exposures on obesity and possible moderators and mediators of intervention effects; to effectively use digital media interventions to prevent and reduce obesity; and to uncover the mechanisms underlying the causal relationships and interactions between obesity-related outcomes and media content, characteristics, and context.

Indexed as

Sedentary BehaviorAdolescentChildComputersHumansInternetObesitySocial Media

Identifiers

PMID29093041
PMCPMC5769928
OpenAlexW2766674402

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Registered trials

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