Television or unrestricted, unmonitored internet access in the bedroom and body mass index in youth athletes

Autor: Benjamin J. Shore, Katherine Eisenberg, William P. Meehan, Michael J. Pepin, Andrea Stracciolini
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). 106(8)
ISSN: 1651-2227
Popis: AIM To correlate television or unrestricted, unmonitored Internet access in room of sleep with body mass index (BMI). METHODS Cross-sectional study of athletes ≤19 years who underwent an injury prevention evaluation. Independent variables included proportion of athletes categorised as overweight or obese who answered positively to American Academy of Pediatrics recommended questions: (i) Do you have a TV in the room where you sleep? (ii) Do you have unrestricted, unmonitored access to the Internet in the room where you sleep? RESULTS 555 athletes; 324 female; mean age 13.83 ± 2.60. Athletes with a TV in their room of sleep had higher BMI (22.73 vs. 20.54; p
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