ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2019
Association between watching TV whilst eating and children's consumption of ultraprocessed foods in United Kingdom.
Article in Maternal & child nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06316687 (Prevalence of Dental Caries in a Group of Egyptian Children and Its Relation to TV and Other Screens Time and Sugar Consumption), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Prevalence of Dental Caries in a Group of Egyptian Children and Its Relation to TV and Other Screens Time and Sugar Consumption
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of ultra-processed food consumption with DNA methylation in European children.Clinical epigenetics · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Processed/Ultra-Processed Foods and Arterial Hypertension in Adults and Older People.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Worldwide Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods: Findings and Criticisms.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of Parental Engagement in an Electronic Health (EHealth) Intervention on Physical Activity, Dietary Behaviors, and Sleep in Preschool-Aged Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Trial
- Ultra-processed food consumption in Scotland: a nationally representative analysis of sociodemographic patterns and dietary contributions.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- How to evaluate ultra-processed food intake in pediatrics? UPF score: an easy alternative.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Ultra-processed food consumption is related to screen time among Brazilian adolescents, adults and older adults.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- The consequences of ultra-processed foods on brain development during prenatal, adolescent and adult stages.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Nutrient profiling and degree of food processing of child-targeted packaged foods in Türkiye: An urgent call for policy action.PloS one · 2025Article
- Screen time and obesity prevalence in adolescents: an isotemporal substitution analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Ultra-processed food consumption in UK adolescents: distribution, trends, and sociodemographic correlates using the National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/09 to 2018/19.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- The consumption of ultra-processed foods was associated with adiposity, but not with metabolic indicators in a prospective cohort study of Chilean preschool children.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- What Is the Nutritional Quality of Pre-Packed Foods Marketed to Children in Food Stores? A Survey in Switzerland.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Influence of eating while watching TV on food preference and overweight/obesity among adolescents in China: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Food for thought or food for emotions? An analysis of marketing strategies in television food advertising seen by children in Colombia.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Evidence for protein leverage in a general population sample of children and adolescents.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- Ultra-Processed Food, Reward System and Childhood Obesity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Changes in lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2023Article
- Trend of Ultraprocessed Product Intake Is Associated with the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Mexican Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the association between watching TV whilst eating and consumption of ultraprocessed foods amongst children aged 4-10 years old in the United Kingdom. Cross-sectional data from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS 2008-2012) were analysed. Dietary data were derived from 4-day food diaries of 1,277 children, and the dietary contribution of ultraprocessed foods was assessed. Meals were classified based on time of day in which foods were consumed (lunch: 11 pm-3 pm and dinner: 6 pm-9 pm). Crude and adjusted linear regression models were employed to verify the effect of watching TV during meals on dietary contribution of ultraprocessed foods (% of total energy intake). More than 70% of the children watched TV during meals, and 31.4% presented the behaviour on both "lunch and dinner." Children's mean total energy intake was 1,532.3 kcal/day, of which 65.8% came from ultraprocessed foods. Findings indicated that children who watched TV whilst having both meals (lunch and dinner) consumed on average 85.5 kcal/day and 6.1% more energy from ultraprocessed foods than those who did not. Children who watched TV only during dinner consumed on average 37.1 kcal/day and 3.4% more energy from ultraprocessed foods than those who did not. The behaviour of watching TV whilst eating meals was associated with higher total daily consumption of ultraprocessed foods by children in the United Kingdom. Therefore, interventions designed to promote healthy eating habits should include aspects related to the context of meals.
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