Adiposity and different types of screen time
Falbe J, Rosner B, Willett WC, Sonneville KR, Hu FB, Field AE
Pediatrics · 80 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Nonprofit
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- Government
- National Institutes of Health
- Government
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Government
- NIDDK NIH HHS
- Grants
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01-DK084001); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK007703.); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (T-32 DK 007703); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK084001); National Institutes of Health (DK084001); National Institutes of Health (DK007703)
Based on 4 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2013-11-26 · Pediatrics · vol. 132 · issue 6 · pp. e1497–e1505
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Cited
- 122 citations · more than 98% of similar papers · 9.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 56 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- screen time, adiposity, body mass index, television viewing, video games, adolescents, overweight, food advertising, advergaming, product placement, sex differences
- MeSH
- humans, weight gain, body mass index, multivariate analysis, linear models, follow-up studies, video games, videodisc recording, videotape recording, television, adolescent, child, female, male, adiposity, overweight, young adult, self report, surveys and questionnaires
6 authors
From US
- Jennifer FalbeHarvard University; University of California, Berkeley
- BERNARD A. ROSNERBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
- Walter Churchill WillettBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
- Kendrin R. SonnevilleBoston Children's Hospital
- Frank B. HuBrigham and Women's Hospital; Harvard University
- Alison E. FieldBrigham and Women's Hospital; Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard University
Abstract
Objective
Few prospective studies have examined separate forms of screen time in relation to adiposity. Our objective was to assess independent relations of television, electronic games (video/computer), and digital versatile disc (DVD)/videos and total screen time with change in adolescent BMI.
Methods
Using data from the 2004, 2006, and 2008 waves of the ongoing Growing up Today Study II, we assessed baseline and 2-year change in reported screen time in relation to concurrent change in BMI among 4287 girls and 3505 boys aged 9 to 16 years in 2004. Gender-specific models adjusted for previous BMI, age, race/ethnicity, growth/development, months between questionnaires, and physical activity.
Results
Among girls and boys, each hour per day increase in reported television viewing was associated with a 0.09 increase in BMI (Ps < .001), and each hour per day increase in total screen time was associated with a 0.07 increase among girls and 0.05 increase among boys (Ps < .001). Among girls only, greater baseline television, games, and total screen time and change in DVDs/videos were associated with gains in BMI (Ps < .05). BMI gains associated with change in television and total screen time were stronger among overweight girls than lean girls (Ps-heterogeneity < .001).
Conclusions
Television, which remains the steadiest source of food advertising, was most consistently associated with BMI gains. Among girls, electronic games and DVDs/videos were also related to increased BMI, possibly due to influences of product placements and advergames on diet and/or distracted eating. Adolescents, especially overweight adolescents, may benefit from reduced time with multiple types of media.
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