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Objective: Childhood obesity has become a most common public health problem. We aimed to examine the relationship between obesogenic family practices for childhood obesity, children's obesity, smartphone usage times, and depressive symptoms. Material and Methods: In the present study, we conducted on 96 families and their children aged 6-14 who applied to our pediatric clinic from October 2020 to July 2021. Parents and children who agreed to participate in the study filled out an online questionnaire containing sociodemographic data, children's weight, and height information, "The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)," and "Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Screening Tool (FNPA)." Results: The present study found 80.2% (n=77) of the children were primary school students, and 19.8% (n=19) of them were secondary school students. We found a significant negative correlation between FNPA score and depressive symptoms in primary school students (r and p values; r=-0.276, p=0.015). Obesogenic family environment was correlated with higher depressive scores in primary school children. We also confirmed that primary and secondary school children with obesogenic family environments spent more time on smartphones (p respectively p=0.009, p=0.031). Conclusion: The FNPA is an easily applicable tool to determine obesogenic family factors. Children with an obesogenic family environment should be carefully evaluated for depressive symptoms and smartphone usage time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]