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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Screen Time and Sleep of Rural and Urban South African Preschool Children.

Simone A Tomaz, Trina Hinkley, Rachel A Jones, Estelle D Watson, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Shane A Norris, Catherine E Draper

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Simone A TomazDivision of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-7531-3250
Trina HinkleyInstitute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong 3125, Australia.
Rachel A JonesEarly Start, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2500, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5384-1941
Estelle D WatsonCentre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, School of Therapeutic Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
Rhian TwineMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
Kathleen KahnMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
Shane A NorrisSouth African MRC Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7124-3788
Catherine E DraperDivision of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7700, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the extent to which preschool children meet guidelines for screen time (<1 h/day) and sleep (10-13 h/24-h) and explored home factors that affect these behaviors. Parents of preschoolers across income settings in South Africa (urban high-income

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ExerciseScreen TimeChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesHumansRural PopulationSleepSouth Africamovement behaviorpediatricsphysical activitysedentarysitting

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PMID32751089
PMCPMC7432324

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