Screen‐media use among young children is highly prevalent, disproportionately high
among children from lower‐income families and racial/ethnic minorities, and may have …

BACKGROUND: Screen time, especially television viewing, is associated with risk of
overweight and obesity in children. Although several interventions have been developed to …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Among school‐aged youth, we sought to identify characteristics
associated with (1) exceeding screen time recommendations (ie, television/videos/video …

Media consumption may contribute to childhood obesity. This study developed and
evaluated a theory‐based, parent‐focused intervention to reduce television and other media …

Background: Early childhood media exposure is associated with obesity and multiple
adverse health conditions. The aims of this study were to assess parental attitudes toward …

Identifying correlates of children's television (TV) watching could help identify strategies to
reduce children's TV watching and impact children's weight status. Children's TV time and …

Objective: TV viewing and computer use is associated with childhood overweight, but it
remains unclear as to how these behaviours could best be targeted. The aim of this study …

BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity has emerged as a public health concern in Canada. It
has been suggested that excessive screen viewing (ie, television, computer, video) is a …

ContextSome observational studies have found an association between television viewing
and child and adolescent adiposity. ObjectiveTo assess the effects of reducing television …

This Policy Statement was retired March 2018. Obesity has become a worldwide public
health problem. Considerable research has shown that the media contribute to the …