Liza A Hoveling, Alexander Lepe, Michael Boissonneault, Joop A A de Beer, Nynke Smidt, Marlou L A de Kroon, Aart C Liefbroer
Educational inequalities in metabolic syndrome prevalence, timing, and duration amongst adults over the life course: a microsimulation analysis based on the lifelines cohort study
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity
television tv viewing associated obesity among schoolaged children adolescents adults relationship evaluated preschoolaged childrento describe tvvideo viewing habits multiethnic lowincome preschool population children determine whether tvvideo viewing related adipositycrosssectional survey parentsguardians measurements childrens height weighttwo thousand seven hundred sixtyone adults children 1 5 years 49 new york state agencies supplemental nutrition program women infants childrencrosssectional relationships amount time child spends viewing tvvideo presence tv set childs bedroom prevalence overweight children body mass index bmi 85th percentile adjustment potential confoundersmean tvvideo viewing times higher among black children hispanic children white children increased childs age multiple logistic regression odds ratio children bmi 85th percentile 106 95 confidence interval ci 1004111 additional hour per day tvvideo viewed independent child age child sex parental educational attainment raceethnicity almost 40 children tv set bedroom likely overweight spent time 46 hours per week watching tvvideo children without tv bedroom multiple logistic regression odds ratio bmi 85th percentile 131 95 ci 101169 among tv bedroom versus without tv statistical adjustment child age child sex child tvvideo viewing hours per week maternal bmi maternal education raceethnicitythis study extends association tv viewing risk overweight younger preschoolaged children tv childs bedroom even stronger marker increased risk overweight children watch tv age 2 educational efforts limiting child tvvideo viewing keeping tv childs bedroom need begin