Media use in children: American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations 2016

Guram, Sheena; Heinz, Peter

doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-312969

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“…We acknowledge the limitation that mean media use in our children (2.4 h/day), is relatively low compared to current reports-U.S. children spend 5 h/day with screens while adolescents spend up to 7 h/day with recreational screen use [69]. However, as our data was collected during 2013-2014, the mean media use of our study is similar to that of earlier studies [70]. Newer studies with up-to-date information on media use in children and adolescents are warranted.…”

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confidence: 72%

Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study

Sina

Buck

Ahrens

et al. 2021

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Digital media (DM) influences children’s food choice. We aim to investigate associations between DM use and taste preferences (TP) for sweet, fatty, bitter, and salty in European children and adolescents. Individuals aged 6–17 years (N = 7094) providing cross-sectional data for DM use: television (TV), computer/game console (PC), smartphone and internet, were included. Children (6 to <12 years) and adolescents (≥12 years) completed a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire; scores were calculated for sweet, fatty, salty and bitter preference and categorized (high vs. low). Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios as association measures between DM exposure and TP. On average, individuals used media for 2.4 h/day (SD = 1.7). Increasing exposures to DM were associated positively with sweet, fatty and salty TP, while inversely with bitter preference. In female adolescents, DM exposure for >2 h/day was associated with sweet (OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.02–1.57) and fatty preference (OR = 1.37; 95% CI = 1.10–1.70). Internet exposure was inversely associated with bitter preference, notably in male adolescents (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.50–0.84), but positively associated with salty preference (OR = 1.29, 95% CI = 1.02–1.64). DM exposure was associated with sweet, fatty, salty and bitter TP in children and adolescents, serving as the basis for future longitudinal studies to shed light on the underlying mechanism by which DM exposure may determine eating habits.

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Section: Strengths and Limitationssupporting

confidence: 72%

Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study

Sina

Buck

Ahrens

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…To the best of our knowledge, our study was the first to explore the sensitive period for the impact of screen exposure on myopia. Additionally, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that children under 18 months should avoid screen exposure [39], and both the Italian and the Canadian Pediatric Society have made the guideline that screen time for children younger than 2 years is not advocated [16,40]. Our finding, if adequately confirmed in further studies, could help to strengthen and improve these recommendations.…”

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confidence: 56%

Associations Between Screen Exposure in Early Life and Myopia amongst Chinese Preschoolers

Yang

Huang

Schmid

et al. 2020

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This study aimed to explore the association between screen exposure in early life and preschool myopia. During the baseline survey of the Longhua Child Cohort Study (LCCS), data of 29,595 preschoolers were collected via a caregiver-reported questionnaire regarding children’s socio-demographic characteristics, visual status, screen exposure and relevant parental information. Data of 26,433 preschoolers with normal eyesight or myopia were included in the analysis and cox regression modelling was employed to assess the associations. Results suggested the hypothesis that screen exposure in early life could be significantly and positively associated with preschool myopia, and in agreement with this hypothesis was the association being strengthened with the increasing daily exposure duration and total years of exposure; in the stratification analysis based on the presence of parental myopia, these associations still existed, and the strength of associations was stronger in preschoolers with myopic parents than those without. Moreover, a statistically significant association was only observed between initial screen exposure that occurred during 0–1-years old and myopia for preschoolers without myopic parents, while the significant associations were observed between initial screen exposure that occurred during 0–1, 1–2, 2–3, and after 3 years old and myopia for preschoolers who had myopic parents, with the strongest association found in the group of children initially exposed to electronic screens during 0–1 year old. Thus our findings indicated the hypothesis that screen exposure in early life might be associated with the occurrence of preschool myopia, and that the postnatal first year might be the sensitive period for the association. However, it is premature to conclude that early screen time leads to myopia with current data. Further longitudinal studies performed with cycloplegia are necessary to verify the hypothesis and shed light on the more urgent question whether early screen exposure contributes to the later myopia epidemic of school-aged children.

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“…We will track these changes over time to ascertain whether the pandemic is associated with enduring changes in these areas. It is anticipated that with the lifting of restrictions some of these changes may improve, however, strategies may be needed to assist in some areas; for example, developing a family media plan for reducing screen time (Dalope & Woods, 2018;Guram & Heinz, 2018) and using a "fading" approach to slowly reduce problematic media time and sedentary behavior to pre-pandemic levels. Such strategies could be delivered by health professionals via telehealth or even app-supported public health interventions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia

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Objective: To examine the impact of COVID-19 restrictions among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: Parents of 213 Australian children (5–17 years) with ADHD completed a survey in May 2020 when COVID-19 restrictions were in place (i.e., requiring citizens to stay at home except for essential reasons). Results: Compared to pre-pandemic, children had less exercise (Odds Ratio (OR) = 0.4; 95% CI 0.3–0.6), less outdoor time (OR = 0.4; 95% 0.3–0.6), and less enjoyment in activities (OR = 6.5; 95% CI 4.0–10.4), while television (OR = 4.0; 95% CI 2.5–6.5), social media (OR = 2.4; 95% CI 1.3–4.5), gaming (OR = 2.0; 95% CI 1.3–3.0), sad/depressed mood (OR = 1.8; 95% CI 1.2–2.8), and loneliness (OR = 3.6; 95% CI 2.3–5.5) were increased. Child stress about COVID-19 restrictions was associated with poorer functioning across most domains. Most parents (64%) reported positive changes for their child including more family time. Conclusions: COVID-19 restrictions were associated with both negative and positive impacts among children with ADHD.

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Media use in children: American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations 2016

Cited by 41 publications

References 4 publications

Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study

Digital Media Use in Association with Sensory Taste Preferences in European Children and Adolescents—Results from the I.Family Study

Associations Between Screen Exposure in Early Life and Myopia amongst Chinese Preschoolers

Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia

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