ArticleScientific reports2019
Heavy screen users are the heaviest among 10,000 children.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The Association Between Daily Screen Time and Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Current Evidence and Potential Mechanisms.International journal of general medicine · 2026Review
- Associations of smartphone, computer, and television use with insufficient sleep duration and overweight/obesity among lithuanian adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Independent and Joint Prospective Associations of Screen Time and Sleep Disturbance with Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference Among U.S. Adolescents.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2025Article
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- The effects of technology use on children's physical activity: a cross-sectional study in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Article
- Parental psychological problems were associated with higher screen time and the use of mature-rated media in children.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Thinness, Overweight, Obesity, and Central Obesity in Finnish School-Aged Children: A Comparison of National and International Reference Values.Obesity facts · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic Correlates of Parental Co-Participation in Digital Media Use and Physical Play of Preschool-Age Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Physical and Sedentary Activities and Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study among First-Year Children of Primary Schools in Modena, Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Educational and Social Exergaming: A Perspective on Physical, Social, and Educational Benefits and Pitfalls of Exergaming at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Afterwards.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Relationship between Technology Use and Physical Activity among Typically-Developing Children.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Activity-Inactivity Patterns, Screen Time, and Physical Activity: The Association with Overweight, Central Obesity and Muscle Strength in Polish Teenagers. Report from the ABC of Healthy Eating Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
This cross-sectional study examined the associations of recreational screen time (viewing TV programs on any screen-based device and computer use, performed while sitting) with body mass index (BMI) categories and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) tertiles in 10,228 children (mean age 11.1 years, SD 0.8). We categorized the children into Light, Medium and Heavy TV viewers and computer users, and into Low, Medium and High exercise groups. Compared with Light TV viewers, Medium (OR: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.11-1.52, when adjusted for age, sex, language, sleep duration and exercise) and Heavy (OR: 1.57, 95% CI: 1.34-1.83) TV viewers had a higher risk of being overweight. Similarly, Heavy computer users had a higher risk of being overweight (OR: 1.42, 95% CI: 1.21-1.67). We observed interactions between exercise and TV viewing (p = 0.012) or computer use (p = 0.010). However, Heavy TV viewers had a higher risk of being overweight in all exercise groups. The associations of TV viewing and computer use were similar with BMI and WHtR. To conclude, heavy sedentary screen time is associated with overweight and central adiposity in children. Moreover, heavy TV viewers have a higher risk for overweight and central adiposity, regardless of weekly exercise duration.
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