Nutrition and body weights of Canadian children watching television and eating while watching television
| Autor: | Stefan Kuhle, Tina Liang, Paul J. Veugelers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Supper Time Factors Health Behavior Population Medicine (miscellaneous) Overweight Body weight Eating Risk Factors Environmental health medicine Humans Child Students education Life Style education.field_of_study Schools Nutrition and Dietetics Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Feeding Behavior Nutrition Surveys medicine.disease Obesity Diet Logistic Models Nova Scotia Health promotion Multivariate Analysis Female Television medicine.symptom Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Energy Intake Soft drink Psychology Poor nutrition |
| Zdroj: | Public Health Nutrition. 12:2457-2463 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 1368-9800 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo examine whether eating while watching television poses a risk for poor nutrition and excess body weight over and above that of time spent watching television.DesignWe analysed data of grade 5 students participating in a comprehensive population-based survey in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. This survey included the Harvard’s Youth Food Frequency Questionnaire, students’ height and weight measurements, and a parent survey. We applied multivariable linear and logistic random effects models to quantify the associations of watching television and eating while watching television with diet quality and body weight.SettingThe province of Nova Scotia, Canada.SubjectsGrade 5 students (n4966).ResultsEating supper while watching television negatively affected the consumption of fruits and vegetables and overall diet quality. More frequent supper while watching television was associated with more soft drink consumption, a higher percentage energy intake from sugar out of total energy from carbohydrate, a higher percentage energy intake from fat, and a higher percentage energy intake from snack food. These associations appeared independent of time children spent watching television. Both watching television and eating while watching television were positively and independently associated with overweight.ConclusionsOur observations suggest that both sedentary behaviours from time spent watching television as well as poor nutrition as a result of eating while watching television contribute to overweight in children. They justify current health promotion targeting time spent watching television and call for promotion of family meals as a means to avoid eating in front of the television. |
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