PURPOSE: Evidence suggests sitting time is independently associated with a range of
health issues in adults, yet the relationship between sedentary behavior and health …

Stress, that is, the state of threatened or perceived as threatened homeostasis, is associated
with activation of the stress system, mainly comprised by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal …

Background Recruitment of young people for health research by traditional methods has
become more expensive and challenging over recent decades. The Internet presents an …

Achieving body‐weight stability is certainly challenging in today's obesogenic environment.
Every day we are surrounded and affected by stimuli that act on our behaviour. A common …

Objectives. We tested the associations of content types of children's television viewing with
subsequent body mass index (BMI) to assess the plausibility of different causal pathways …

Background: Video game playing has been linked to obesity in many observational studies.
However, the influence of this sedentary activity on food intake is unknown. Objective: The …

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

Childhood obesity continues to be a significant public health issue. mHealth systems offer
state-of-the-art approaches to intervention design, delivery, and diffusion of treatment and …

The public opinion is ever more interested and worried about possible effects of exposure to
VGs (video games) on human life and well-being. Scientific literature shows several …

Chronic distress contributes to the development of obesity and comorbid states. Stress is the
disturbance of the complex dynamic equilibrium that all organisms must maintain, and is …