Association of Duration of Time Spent on Television, Computer and Video Games with Obesity amongst Children in National Capital Territory of Delhi

such leisure activities during last 7 days. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was utilized for assessment of the leisure activities. It was found that time spent on TV, computer and video games were significantly higher among the obese children when compared with nonobese (P < 0.001) [Table 1]. The odds of getting obese were found to be 2.96 (2.20–3.99) times higher among children, who spent >28 h on these activities. Several studies from India have documented that reduced physical activity plays a major role in causing childhood obesity. According to recent study children, who viewed TV for more than 1.5 h/day have 19.6 times higher risk of being overweight (P = 0.001).[5]