articlePEDIATRICSJun 1, 2002Closed access

Television Viewing and Television in Bedroom Associated With Overweight Risk Among Low-Income Preschool Children

Bassett Healthcare Network · Columbia University

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Abstract

Objective

To describe the TV/video viewing habits of a multiethnic, low-income preschool population of children and to determine whether TV/video viewing is related to their adiposity.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of parents/guardians with measurements of children's height and weight. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand seven hundred sixty-one adults with children, 1 through 85th percentile) after adjustment for potential confounders.

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3

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Bedroom
  • Medicine
  • Overweight
  • Demography
  • Body mass index
  • Odds ratio
  • Percentile
  • Confidence interval
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • No poverty
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