Use of television, videogames, and computer among children and adolescents in Italy

Patriarca, Alessandro; Giuseppe, Gabriella Di; Albano, Luciana; Marinelli, Paolo; Angelillo, Italo Francesco

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-9-139

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“…The Australian Department of Health and Ageing (ADHA), and other international authorities such as the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP), recommend that children and adolescents should not spend more than two hours per day viewing TV [31,42]. Based on this recommendation, only 25% of male and 22% of female participants in this study met the recommendation of less than or equal to 2 hours of watching TV.…”

Section: Screen Timementioning

confidence: 65%

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors of Obesity among Rural Adolescents

Alqahtani¹,

Scott

Ullah

2015

J Child Adolesc Behav

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Objective: The aim of this study is to explore relationship between Physical activity and sedentary behavior (screen time) and obesity among adolescents in rural areas.Methodology: Cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011 using a multistage randomization method. It surveyed 370 from rural areas of Riyadh region in Saudi Arabia.Results: This study found a strong association between the moderate to vigorous METs and overweight and obesity among male participants (p<0.001). Prolonged screen time has strong association with overweight in males (p=0.01) and females (p<0.001). Similar association found between screen time and obesity in males and females (p<0.001).Conclusion: low physical activity and prolonged screen time are the main predictors for overweight or obesity or both of them in rural adolescents.

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Section: Screen Timementioning

confidence: 65%

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors of Obesity among Rural Adolescents

Alqahtani¹,

Scott

Ullah

2015

J Child Adolesc Behav

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“…Although results regarding the influence of age on time spent watching TV are contradictory, by contrast, almost all the aforementioned studies showed that boys usually spend more time watching TV than girls 6,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22 .…”

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“…The level of internet use for non-study reasons in previous studies is generally low. In some cases no differentiation was made between internet use for non-study and study reasons 27 and in general internet use is included in the category computer use 15,17,18,20,22,24 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Patterns of sedentary behavior and compliance with public health recommendations in Spanish adolescents: the AFINOS study

Hernández

Veiga

Zapatera³

et al. 2012

Cad. Saúde Pública

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The aims of the present study were: (i) describe patterns of sedentary behavior in Spanish adolescents; and (ii) IntroductionIn today's postmodern society, most people spend the majority of their waking hours engaging in sedentary behavior 1 . Emerging evidence shows that prolonged sedentary behavior may have a deleterious effect on health 2 . For example, excessive sedentary behavior has been associated with premature all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality, obesity and an unfavorable cardiometabolic risk factor profile in adults 2 . Regarding this behavior in youth, although evidence is more limited, excessive sedentary behavior appears to have a harmful effect on health 3,4 . Consequently, educational and public health organizations have focused efforts on promoting a decrease in sedentary behavior from an early age 5 .Sedentary behavior includes activities that involve low levels of energy expenditure, consisting mainly of sitting time in different contexts 2 . Since several sedentary activities are part of young people's daily routine (e.g.: classes at school, studying), sedentary activities during leisure time are the target of preventive strategies 4 . Among youth, the most common leisure-time sedentary behavior is watching television (TV). Furthermore, new media technologies such as computers and games consoles have provided new opportunities for sedentary activity among this age group and while parents tend to limit the use of different kinds of media during child-ARTIGO ARTICLE

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“…Generally, adolescents that belong to a less favoured social class presented higher levels of media use 1,16,26,27 . A similar pattern was found among adolescents with younger and older parents, as well as those that did not live with both parents.…”

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confidence: 99%

Characteristics associated with media use in early adolescence

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Use of television, videogames, and computer among children and adolescents in Italy

Abstract: Background: This survey determined the practices about television (video inclusive), videogames, and computer use in children and adolescents in Italy.

Cited by 52 publications

References 26 publications

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors of Obesity among Rural Adolescents

Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors as Risk Factors of Obesity among Rural Adolescents

Patterns of sedentary behavior and compliance with public health recommendations in Spanish adolescents: the AFINOS study

Characteristics associated with media use in early adolescence

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