Impact of Television Viewing Patterns on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adolescents

Boynton-Jarrett, Renée; Thomas, Tracy N.; Peterson, Karen E.; Wiecha, Jean; Sobol, Arthur M.; Gortmaker, Steven L.

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“…Twenty-five dietary behaviors were identified, and for brevity dietary behaviors that were studied most often and dietary behaviors that are important in their contribution to the healthfulness of overall diet were tabulated (Table 3). There were five longitudinal studies (nine independent samples) assessing the association between sedentary behavior and dietary intake in children; 23,26,28,33,38 three out of these five studies scored higher than the median score for study quality (median =8/16), corroborating the results found from cross-sectional studies showing that TV viewing was inversely associated with fruit and vegetable consumption, 23 and positively associated with total energy intake, 26,28 energy-dense drinks, snacks and fast foods. 28 Overall, therefore, sedentary behavior in children appears to be clearly associated with elements of a less healthy diet.…”

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“…Television viewing was positively associated with fast food consumption in seven samples and not associated in one. Television viewing was positively associated with energy-dense drinks in seven out of seven samples, positively associated with total energy intake in eight of eleven samples, and positively associated with percentage energy from fat in two out of two samples.There were five longitudinal studies (nine independent samples) assessing the association between sedentary behavior and dietary intake in children; 23,26,28,33, 38 three out of these five studies scored higher than the median score for study quality (median =8/16), corroborating the results found from cross-sectional studies showing that TV viewing was inversely associated with fruit and vegetable consumption, 23 and positively associated with total energy intake, 26, 28 energy-dense drinks, snacks and fast foods. 28 Overall, therefore, sedentary behavior in children appears to be clearly associated with elements of a less healthy diet.…”

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Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intake in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

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Biddle

2011

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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Context: Sedentary behavior is implicated in youth and adult overweight and obesity. However, the relationship between sedentary behavior and weight status is often small or inconsistent with few studies controlling for confounding factors such as diet and physical activity. Diet has been hypothesized to co-vary with some sedentary behaviors. It is opportune, therefore, to review whether dietary intake is associated with sedentary behavior in young people and adults. This may allow for better interpretation of the diversity of findings concerning sedentary behavior and weight status.Evidence acquisition: Published English language studies were located from computerized and manual searches in early 2010. Included studies were observational studies assessing an association between at least one sedentary behavior and at least one aspect of dietary intake in children (<11 years), and/or adolescents (12-18 years), and/or adults (>18 years).Evidence synthesis: 53 studies (k), totaling 111 independent samples were eligible for this review. Sedentary behavior in children (k=19; independent samples=24), adolescents (k=26; independent samples=72), and adults (k=11; independent samples=14) appears to be clearly associated with elements of a less healthy diet including lower fruit and vegetable consumption, higher consumption of energy-dense snacks, drinks and fast foods, and higher total energy intake. Strength of associations were mainly in the range of small-to-moderate. Conclusions:The association drawn mainly from cross-sectional studies is that sedentary behavior, usually assessed as screen time and predominantly TV viewing, is associated with unhealthy dietary behaviors in children, adolescents and adults. Interventions need to be developed that target reductions in sedentary time to test whether diet also changes. ContextSedentary behavior is rapidly emerging as an important issue in public health. Researchers are now investigating the role of sedentary behavior in diverse health outcomes. Typically, researchers have defined 'sedentary' as not meeting a criterion level of physical activity.However, by sedentary behavior we are referring to very low levels of energy expenditure through sitting and lying. Excessive sitting time is essentially the main concern for sedentary behavior researchers. 1,2 Studies are now showing associations between sedentary behavior (usually assessed as screen-based behaviors such as TV and computer use), and a range of health outcomes, including all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, 3, 4 adverse metabolic profile, 5 and obesity. 6 However, relationships are not always consistent across age, gender or health outcomes. For example, while there has been a longstanding assumption that TV viewing in youth is associated with overweight and obesity, 7 a meta-analysis of mainly cross-sectional studies found that the strength of such an association was actually very small. 8 Moreover, a review of sedentary behavior intervention studies showed inconsistent weight loss for young people. 9 ...

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Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intake in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

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“…There is a consensus that the time spent on social networking is positively associated with the consumption of unhealthy foods, which is also consistent with research carried out by Boynton--Jarret et al 15 . These authors evaluated adolescents over a period of 19 months and found an inverse relationship between the time spent watching television and the intake of fruits and vegetables.…”

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Factors associated with regular consumption of obesogenic foods: National School-Based Student Health Hurvey, 2012

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Objective: To investigate the frequency of consumption of obesogenic foods among adolescents and its association with sociodemographic, family, behavioral, and environmental variables. Methods: Secondary data from the National School-Based Student Health Hurvey were analyzed from a representative sample of 9th grade Brazilian students (high school). A self-administered questionnaire, organized into thematic blocks, was used. The dependent variables were the consumption of deep fried snacks, packaged snacks, sugar candies, and soft drinks; consumption frequency for the seven days preceding the study was analyzed. Bivariate analysis was carried out to determine the empirical relationship between the regular consumption of these foods (≥3 days/week) with sociodemographic, family, behavioral, and school structural variables. p-value <0.20 was used as the criterion for initial inclusion in the multivariate logistic analysis, which was conducted using the "Enter" method, and the results were expressed as adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval and p<0.05 indicating a statistically significance. Results: Regular food consumption ranged from 27.17% to 65.96%. The variables female gender, mobile phone ownership, Internet access at home, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, regular physical activity, eating while watching television or studying, watching television for at least 2 hours a day, and not willing to lose weight were associated in the final logistic models of all foods analyzed. Conclusion: It was concluded that fried snacks, packaged snacks, sugar candies, and soft drinks are regularly consumed by adolescents and that such consumption was associated with the sociodemographic, family, behavioral, and school structural variables.

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“…Essa associação entre menor faixa etária e maior tempo gasto assistindo TV também foi demonstrada por Eisenman et al (9) Estudos confirmaram que a inatividade física na infância transpõe para a adolescência (22) e dessa para a vida adulta (23) . Sendo assim, quanto mais cedo houver intervenções para reduzir o sedentarismo menor a probabilidade do desenvolvimento de obesidade na adolescência e consequentemente menor risco para as doenças crônicas na vida adulta.…”

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Fatores associados ao hábito de assistir TV em excesso entre adolescentes

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Vítolo

Gama

2008

Rev Bras Med Esporte

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Objetivo: Avaliar a freqüência com que os adolescentes assistem televisão na região Sul do Brasil e quais fatores estão associados a esse comportamento. Métodos: Estudo transversal, com 722 adolescentes entre 10 e 19 anos. Foi calculado a média de horas diárias que os adolescentes assistiam televisão. Foi realizada análise de regressão logística para analisar possível associação entre fatores sociodemográfico, antropométricos, atividade física, sexo e idade, com o hábito de assistir mais do que 4 horas diárias de televisão. Resultados: Entre os adolescentes estudados, 41,1% assistiam mais do 4 horas de TV por dia. A prevalência de adolescentes que assistiam > 4h de TV foi maior entre aqueles com menos de 16 anos. Ser filho de mãe com escolaridade maior do que 8 anos (OR 1,9; IC 1,25-2,89) e possuir circunferência da cintura maior do que o percentil 80 (OR 2,77; IC 1,33-5,77) foi positivamente associado ao hábito de assistir televisão mais do que 4 horas diá-rias. Conclusões: Maior escolaridade materna e circunferência da cintura maior do que o percentil 80 estão associados ao comportamento de assistir TV em excesso entre os adolescentes. Esses achados devem ser utilizados para direcionar a elaboração de programas de saúde pública, especialmente por meio das escolas, enfocando adolescentes com faixa etária entre 10 e 15 anos, assim como devem servir de alerta para os profissionais de saúde e educadores.Palavras-chave: televisão, adolescente, obesidade. ABSTRACTObjective: to evaluate the frequency adolescents watch TV in southern Brazil and which factors are associated with this behavior. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 722 adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. Logistic regression analysis was used to verify association between sociodemographic and anthropometric factors, physical activity, age and sex with the adolescents who watched TV for more than four daily hours. Results: Forty-one percent of the adolescents watched more than four daily hours of TV. The prevalence of adolescents who excessively watched TV was higher among those under 16 yr of age (PR 1.92; CI 1.33-2.78). Having a mother with higher educational background (PR 1.51; CI 1.08-2.11), and having waist circumference above 80 percentile (PR 1.63; CI 1.09-2.44) were positively associated with the habit of watching more than 4 hours/day of television. Conclusions: Higher mother educational background and higher waist circumference are associated with excessive television watching. These results can be useful to create health programs at schools, focusing adolescents between 19 and 15 years old. Keywords INTRODUÇÃOA prevalência de excesso de peso entre os adolescentes brasileiros aumentou de 3,7% na década de 70 para 12,6% na década de 90, similar a média de aumento anual dos Estados Unidos (1) . Este quadro é conseqüência do processo de transição nutricional que o Brasil vem passando nas últimas décadas (2) , acompanhado de mudanças no há-bito alimentar da população, o qual passou a ser caracterizado pelo aume...

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Impact of Television Viewing Patterns on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Adolescents

Abstract: Television viewing is inversely associated with intake of fruit and vegetables among adolescents. These associations may be a result of the replacement of fruits and vegetables in youths' diets by foods highly advertised on television.

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Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intake in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Sedentary Behavior and Dietary Intake in Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Factors associated with regular consumption of obesogenic foods: National School-Based Student Health Hurvey, 2012

Fatores associados ao hábito de assistir TV em excesso entre adolescentes

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