Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight

Adachi-Mejia, Anna M.; Longacre, Meghan R.; Gibson, Jennifer J.; Beach, Michael L.; Titus-Ernstoff, Linda; Dalton, Madeline A.

doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803455

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“…The sample recruitment design and informed consent process have been described in further detail elsewhere. 15 Subsequent to the in-school survey, we enrolled 2,566 of the children and one of their parents, preferentially their mother if possible (n ¼ 2,411; 94.0% were mothers or stepmothers) in a longitudinal cohort study. Annual followup surveys of children and their mothers were administered by telephone.…”

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Perceived Intrinsic Barriers to Physical Activity Among Rural Mothers

Adachi-Mejia

Drake

MacKenzie

et al. 2010

Journal of Women's Health

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Background: The purpose of this study was to identify and determine the influence of perceived intrinsic barriers to physical activity among mothers living in rural areas. Methods: Mothers were identified through a study of child-parent dyads in the predominantly rural states of New Hampshire and Vermont. Using a telephone interview, we asked mothers (n ¼ 1691) about their level of physical activity and assessed eight potential barriers to physical activity. Data were analyzed using chi-square tests, t tests, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) comparisons for groups within each variable. We used multiple regression analysis to assess associations between perceived barriers to physical activity and self-reported levels of physical activity. Results: Each barrier was inversely associated with physical activity. Multivariate models that included terms for all potential barriers and covariates identified three barriers associated with lower levels of physical activity: lack of self-discipline, lack of time, and lack of interest. Conclusions: Rural mothers are less likely to be physically active if they identify lack of self-discipline, time, or interest as barriers, suggesting that they have difficulty prioritizing exercise for themselves. Interventions aimed at increasing physical activity for mothers should specifically consider these barriers. One possible solution may be to support infrastructure that facilitates active living as the default option, to remove the issue of having to purposefully engage in physical activity as a separate aspect of a mother's life.

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Perceived Intrinsic Barriers to Physical Activity Among Rural Mothers

Adachi-Mejia

Drake

MacKenzie

et al. 2010

Journal of Women's Health

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“…[40][41][42] Briefly, we con- In 2002-2003, we surveyed 87.0% (n = 3705) of students enrolled in grades 4 to 6 at 26 randomly selected New Hampshire and Vermont public schools. Subsequently, we enrolled 71.0% (n = 2631) of these students into a longitudinal telephone survey of adolescentparent dyads.…”

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Influence of Sports, Physical Education, and Active Commuting to School on Adolescent Weight Status

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Among adolescents, weight status has been inversely associated with sports participation but not active commuting or physical education. Studies of each form of physical activity have not included adequate adjustments for other physical activities, previous body weight, or diet quality. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:Estimates indicate overweight/obesity and obesity prevalence would decrease by 11% and 26%, respectively, if adolescents played on at least 2 sports teams per year; obesity prevalence would decrease by 22% if adolescents walked/biked to school 4-5 days per week. abstract OBJECTIVE: To compare the associations between weight status and different forms of physical activity among adolescents. METHODS:We conducted telephone surveys with 1718 New Hampshire and Vermont high school students and their parents as part of a longitudinal study of adolescent health. We surveyed adolescents about their team sports participation, other extracurricular physical activity, active commuting, physical education, recreational activity for fun, screen time, diet quality, and demographics. Overweight/obesity (BMI for age $ 85th percentile) and obesity (BMI for age $ 95 percentile) were based on self-reported height and weight.RESULTS: Overall, 29.0% (n = 498) of the sample was overweight/obese and 13.0% (n = 223) were obese. After adjustments, sports team participation was inversely related to overweight/obesity (relative risk CONCLUSIONS: Team sport participation had the strongest and most consistent inverse association with weight status. Active commuting to school may reduce the risk of obesity, but not necessarily overweight, and should be studied further. Obesity prevention programs should consider strategies to increase team sport participation among all students. Pediatrics 2012;130:e296-e304 AUTHORS:[

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“…In this model home environmental factors would be proximal variables likely to influence screen-viewing while parental behaviors would be more distal factors that capture the underlying home screenviewing environment. Two proximal factors that have previously been associated with TV viewing among North American youth are the presence of a TV in a child's bedroom (Adachi-Mejia et al, 2007, Dennison et al, 2002) and the number of TV's in the home (Saelens et al, 2002).…”

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Screen-viewing and the home TV environment: The European Youth Heart Study

Jago

Page

Fröberg

et al. 2008

Preventive Medicine

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Results: Each unit increase in Child Autonomy was associated with 9% increase in risk of watching more than 2 hours of TV per day after school and a 19% increase in risk of spending more than an hour per day playing computer games. TV environment was associated with a 31% per unit increase in risk of watching >2 hours of TV after school and 11% increase in risk of spending >1 hour playing computer games. Conclusions:A family environment in which after-school TV viewing is part of the home culture and homes where children have more autonomy over their own behavior are associated with an increased risk of watching >2 hours of TV per day after school and spending more >1 hour per day playing computer games. The home screen-viewing environment and Child Autonomy may be malleable targets for changing screen-viewing.

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Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight

Cited by 118 publications

References 44 publications

Perceived Intrinsic Barriers to Physical Activity Among Rural Mothers

Perceived Intrinsic Barriers to Physical Activity Among Rural Mothers

Influence of Sports, Physical Education, and Active Commuting to School on Adolescent Weight Status

Screen-viewing and the home TV environment: The European Youth Heart Study

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