Childhood overweight and obesity - beyond television viewing

Childhood overweight and obesity--beyond television viewing.

From the Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India Received: Nov. 11, 2014; Accepted: Jan. 13, 2015 Correspondence to: Dr. Tanuj Kanchan, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University, India. State Highway 65, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, India. Tel.: 91‐9448252394; Fax: 91‐824‐2428183; E‐mail: tanuj.kanchan@ ...

Television viewing and overweight and obesity amongst children.

The process of modernization has brought about changes in lifestyle of people leading to improvement in standard of living but it is associated with certain unwanted life styles like decreased physical activity and increased sedentary work. Thus, improvement in motorized transport availability of house hold gadgets like washing machine, vaccum cleaners, dish washers all tend to reduce activity ...

Television viewing habits and their influence on physical activity and childhood overweight.

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of television (TV) viewing habits and their association with childhood sedentary lifestyle and overweight in 8-year-old children, from a cohort in a city in Southern Brazil. METHODS A prospective cohort study with hospital screening of all births that occurred from September of 2002 to May of 2003. This study refers to a cross-sectional analysis of data col...

Parental weight status as a moderator of the relationship between television viewing and childhood overweight.

OBJECTIVE To examine whether and to what extent the relationship between television viewing and children's weight status differs according to parental weight status. DESIGN Population-level survey including in-home and telephone interview components. SETTING United States. PARTICIPANTS Representative sample of children aged 6 to 19 years in 2002 (n = 1483). MAIN EXPOSURE Hours of televi...

Does television cause childhood obesity?