BACKGROUND Television viewing is hypothesized to contribute to obesity among children and adolescents through several mechanisms that include the displacement of physical activity, snacking while watching TV, and the influence of food advertising. METHODS This study drew on television ratings to examine the distribution of food advertising exposure among adolescents aged 12 through 17 based o...

OBJECTIVE To examine children's screen media exposure and requests for advertised toys and food/drinks. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Twelve elementary schools in northern California. PARTICIPANTS Eight hundred twenty-seven third grade children participated at baseline; 386 students in 6 schools were followed up for 20 months. INTERVENTION None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Child ...

BACKGROUND Eating context is the immediate environment of each eating occasion (EO). There is limited knowledge on the effects of the eating context on food consumption in children, due to the difficulty in measuring the multiple eating contexts children experience throughout the day. This study applied ecological momentary assessment using food diaries to explore the relationships between eati...

BACKGROUND Many children spend too much time screen-viewing (watching TV, surfing the internet and playing video games) and do not meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. Parents are important influences on children's PA and screen-viewing (SV). There is a shortage of parent-focused interventions to change children's PA and SV. METHODS Teamplay was a two arm individualized randomized controll...

In order to understand and fully comprehend a subtitle, two parameters within the linguistic code of audiovisual texts are key in the processing of the subtitle itself, namely, vocabulary and syntax. Through a descriptive and experimental study, the present article explores the transfer of the linguistic code of audiovisual texts in subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing children in three Span...

BACKGROUND Even though there is a severe obesity problem in Cyprus, information about the contribution of predisposing lifestyle factors is limited. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour and various obesity indices [i.e. body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), percentage of body fat (BF%) and 'total & abdominal obesity' (TAO)]. ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between socioeconomic position (SEP) and physical activity and sedentary behaviors amongst children and adolescents. METHODS Maternal education was reported by parents of 184 5-6 year-old and 358 10-12 year-old children in 2001. In 2001 and 2004, physical activity was assessed by accelerometry. Older children...

BACKGROUND It is vital to reduce the proportion of sedentary behavior in children. Understanding the duration and behavioral context is needed. The present study examined school-grade and sex differences in domain-specific sedentary times and concurrence with screen-time guidelines among Japanese elementary school children. METHODS A total of 625 children (330 boys) were surveyed in 2010 and ...

BACKGROUND This study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and depressive symptoms among adolescents. METHODS Participants were 155 adolescents (14.4 years±0.61) in 2004 (40% boys). Data collection occurred in 2004 and again in 2006. At both time points, participants completed the Centers for Epidemiological Studies Depression S...