Screen time and physical activity in youth: thief of time or lifestyle choice?
Sandercock G RH, Ogunleye A, Voss C
Journal of physical activity & health · 42 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- No health outcome
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-09-01 · J Phys Act Health · vol. 9 · issue 7 · pp. 977–984
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Cited
- 90 citations · more than 91% of similar papers · 3.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 30 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Child Development and Digital Technology · Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Keywords
- screen time, physical activity, children and adolescents, leisure-time physical activity, physical education, school lunch break, after-school physical activity, weekend physical activity, screen time recommendations
- MeSH
- humans, exercise, cross-sectional studies, choice behavior, sex factors, time factors, television, computers, adolescent, child, female, male, sedentary behavior
3 authors
From GB
- GAVIN R. H. SANDERCOCKUniversity of Essex
- Ayodele A. Ogunleye
- Christine Voss
Abstract
Background
This study aimed to examine the relationship between screen time and physical activity (PA) in children and adolescents but also to determine specific elements of PA that were most closely associated with screen time.
Methods
We studied a cross-sectional sample of 6176 10.0-15.9 year olds (53% boys, 12.9 ± 1.5 years) who completed the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children/Adolescents and reported daily screen time. Differences in total PA and specific elements of PA were examined between groups reporting: 4 h daily screen time.
Results
There were significant differences between screen time groups in: total PA, number of bouts of PA reported, after school PA, evening PA and weekend PA (P 2 h. Boys reporting > 4 h screen time were less active during physical education lessons.
Conclusions
Screen time is significantly and negatively associated with PA in British youth. Screen time may displace active pursuits out of school but is also associated with lower PA during school. Daily screen time should be limited to < 2 h in line with current recommendations.
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